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Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. And that's the nature of a modern western democracy.

~George Osborne

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I don't know how you define 'neoconservatism,' but I think it's associated with trying to spread open political systems and democracy.

~George P. Shultz

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As America has grown less economically equal, a citizen's ability to move upward has fallen behind that of citizens in other Western democracies. We are no longer the country where anyone can become anything.

~George Packer

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Obama offers himself as a catalyst by which disenchanted Americans can overcome two decades of vicious partisanship, energize our democracy, and restore faith in government.

~George Packer

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Liberal democracies like ours seem, for the most part, to have learned how to avoid meticulously planned mass-casualty plots with the complexity and scale of 9/11. But they don't know how to keep their citizens safe at night clubs and concerts, in supermarkets, on beachfront promenades, from truck drivers.

~George Packer

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I think there is a heritage which I'm proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice.

~George Papandreou

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And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers.

~George Pataki

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I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.

~George Soros

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A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

~George Soros

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To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So, if the people will it, you can actually create international institutions through the democratic states.

~George Soros

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