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Our constancy, same might call it our madness, was necessary to wear down the oppressive forces of the old democracy which, in Spain, was a hundred years behind the times.

~Federica Montseny

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The American principles of democracy expresses the deepest values of the Sharia both structurally and in the government... Sharia requires us Muslims anywhere to abide by the law of the land.

~Feisal Abdul Rauf

Topics: Abide American Anywhere Both Deepest Democracy Expresses Government Land Law Muslims Principles Requires Us Values

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Spain and the United States share the same values of democracy, liberty and fundamental freedoms.

~Felipe Vi Of Spain

Topics: Democracy Freedoms Fundamental Liberty Same Share Spain States United United States Values

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There is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy.

~Fidel Castro

Topics: Communism Democracy Economy Justice Marxism Representative Social Social Justice

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The power should be in individual democracies in individual communities. It shouldn't be an oligarchy or some small group of elite. Power should be with the people and not with some politician or some heir to the throne or some madman.

~Finn Jones

Topics: Communities Democracy Elite Group Heir Individual Madman Oligarchy People Politician Power Should Small Small Group Some Throne

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Also, an area that interests me - and it will probably take years to state what I mean - is the period of the rise of democracy, with Tom Paine, which is around the turn of the 18th century into the 19th.

~Fiona Shaw

Topics: Also Area Around Century Democracy Interests Me Mean Period Rise State Take Tom Turn Which Will Years 18Th Century

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The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.

~Fiona Shaw

Topics: Democracy Duty Gone Meaning Only Remain Rights Word

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A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.

~Fisher Ames

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The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.

~Fisher Ames

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Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for the universal aspiration to dignity and freedom, but it isn't alien to the underlying concepts that infuse religion and moral philosophy everywhere.

~Flora Lewis

Topics: Alien Arisen Aspiration Concepts Democracy Dignity Everywhere Freedom Infuse May Moral Philosophy Religion Striving Underlying Universal Way West

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