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Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.

I want people to learn what democracy means.

Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.

Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside once in a while, and considering the bad news and what it might mean, and making the occasional tough choice, and soberly taking stock of what your real interests are.

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.

I've always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny.

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

Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.

How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially the same problem people faced in the 18th Century when they tried to get democracy nationally. Now we need it internationally.