The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are few things more dangerous in a democracy than allowing a President to wage secret wars without the knowledge of the country.
Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.
How do you deliver democracy to a country? You don't do it down the barrel of a gun. That's not how you deliver it.
In real danger sometimes even a democracy can really keep a secret.
There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action.
Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons.
You don't spread democracy with a barrel of a gun.
I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.
A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.
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