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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
-Edmund Burke

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"Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness."
- Thomas Mann

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Democracy means to me that everyone had a right to their option and everyone can voice that opinion by voting, standing up for someone, etc.

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" Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles "
- Woodrow Wilson

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"Strong people stand up for themselves, but stronger people stand up for others."
- Suzy Kassem

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"People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others. The price of democracy is the ongoing pursuit of the common good by all of the people."
-Saul Alinsky

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"Democracy is the right to make the wrong choice."
-John Patrick

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"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefor is education" -Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

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"Democracy is an active sport; it's not a spectator's sport! You can't sit back and say 'Let somebody do democracy'. Democracy means you are the boss, you can't sleep on it, you have to be active to everything around you. If you do not bring that consciousness in people, that awareness and activism in people, it'll not work." - Sadhguru

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What Democracy means to me is when every individual regarding ethnicity, gender, and race have the same equality and rights as the next individual, where they play a part and participate through sharing and voicing their opinions through speech, sacrifice, standing up for someone, voting, etc.

"We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate."
-Thomas Jefferson

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It is hard to define what Democracy means to me. It is the ability to make mistakes and learn from them. It is the ability for the smallest person's voice to be just as powerful as the largest person's voice. It is something fragile that must be defended, not by violence, but by active participation of all members who wish to claim the benefits that the system offers.

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“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.” ― John F. Kennedy

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Democracy is “government of, by and for the people”. -Abraham Lincoln

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Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. -Archibald MacLeish

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"Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy." - Michael Moore

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Democracy means to me that people are entitled to their own opinion, and can choose their government above and in charge of them.

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"A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful" - Charles W. Pickering

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“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer.”
― Abraham Lincoln