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Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

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

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

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

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 means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

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.