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Democracy passes into despotism.

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.

Undoubtedly, a democratic state without an alternative is a danger to democracy itself.

Democracy is an imperfect way of steering between the violence of anarchy and the violence of tyranny, with the least violence you can get away with.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.

Democracy is the only civilized way to govern a country.

The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence.

We believe democracy cannot be imposed from outside in any society. Democracy is the expression of a sovereign people.

Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself.