It's not up to one individual to decide, 'I'm going to dictate the outcome of what's going to happen legislatively.' That is not a democracy; it's an atrocity.
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Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.
Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections.
In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot be in a position to make well-grounded decisions.
When we say 'democracy' we have to mean what we say.
Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.
Democracy is a political method, that is to say, a certain type of institutional arrangement for arriving at political - legislative and administrative - decisions and hence incapable of being an end in itself.
The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power.
Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy.