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Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.

~Alan Dershowitz

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I believe that if Israel were to put an end to the settlements in the West Bank tomorrow, as it did in Gaza, there would still be reluctance on the part of the Palestinian Authority to recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish secular democracy.

~Alan Dershowitz

Topics: Authority Bank Believe Democracy Did End Exist Gaza Israel Jewish Palestinian Part Put Recognize Reluctance Right Secular Settlements Still Tomorrow Were West West Bank Would I Believe I Believe That

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Most liberal democracies don't try to figure out what the truth is.

~Alan Dershowitz

Topics: Democracy Figure Liberal Most Out Truth Truth Is Try

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Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.

~Alan Dershowitz

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Every economy exists, no matter what the level of democracy, has elements of crony capitalism. It's - given human nature and given the democratic structures, which we all, I assume, adhere to, that is an inevitable consequence.

~Alan Greenspan

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What we are doing in fact is recovering and progressing and sustaining the recovery of our democracy.

~Alberto Fujimori

Topics: Democracy Doing Fact In Fact Our Progressing Recovering Recovery Sustaining

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A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.

~Aldous Huxley

Topics: Bureaucracy Cease Country Democracy Democratic Effectively Even Governed Head Highly Makes Modern Modern War Must Necessarily No Country Obedient Perfectly Prepared Prepares Really Scientific Trained Tyrant Unless War Well Which

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As I understand I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies. That is why, when we go to sleep under totalitarian rule and wake up in a democracy, it makes me laugh.

~Aleksandr Lebed

Topics: About Average Build Democracy Democratic Go Laugh Makes Me Most Rule Sleep So-Called States Took Totalitarian Understand Up Wake Wake Up Why Years

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In order to build basic democracy here we'll need lives of two generations - at least forty years.

~Aleksandr Lebed

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I am furious at the way that we have allowed money to subvert our democracy. I am appalled at the way that the U.S., a very wealthy nation, permits and even encourages a level of poverty that other wealthy nations would not even consider.

~Alex Gibney

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