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Autocracy is a government of the few from above; Bolshevism is a government of the few from below.

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

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

There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy.

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated.

Democracy fascinates me.

Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.

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