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When we say 'democracy' we have to mean what we say.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well.

Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.

Democracy literally means the power of people. Democracy is not about politics, it is about the people.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

Democracy involves that old-fashioned thing called working it out.