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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect of daily life in a would-be free democratic society.

~Aberjhani

Topics: Act Also Aspect Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Act Daily Daily Life Democratic Democratic Society Every Foundation Free Laid Life Nearly Other Rights Society Voting Voting Rights Would-Be

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We're a democratic society. Shutting down the government should not be on the agenda.

~Alan Greenspan

Topics: Agenda Democratic Democratic Society Down Government Should Shutting Society

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The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.

~Alexis De Tocqueville

Topics: Citizens Democratic Democratic Society Functions Health May Measured Performed Private Quality Society

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Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society.

~Anna Lindh

Topics: Common Corruption Democratic Democratic Society Far Oppression Society Still Threats Too

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Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we're trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn't.

~Brad Holland

Topics: Art Artists Because Come Compromise Contradictions Democracy Democratic Democratic Society Fact Ideal Many Postmodern Society Trying

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January 30th will be a historic day for the Middle East and the world. The Iraqi people will take the next step toward a free and democratic society as they place their votes for a transitional Iraqi government.

~Dana Rohrabacher

Topics: Day Democratic Democratic Society East Free Government Historic Iraqi Iraqi People January Middle Middle East Next Next Step People Place Society Step Take Toward Votes Will World

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That's the place we're in right now: we think we have the capability to get every piece of information, and we don't. We don't know what's going on behind the closed curtain. If we want to say we live in a free democratic society, we should be able to find out whatever we want to.

~Daniel Espinosa

Topics: Able Behind Capability Closed Curtain Democratic Democratic Society Every Find Free Get Going Information Know Live Now Out Piece Place Right Say Should Society Think Want Whatever

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Black Lives Matter has no more to do with black issues than Students for a Democratic Society had to do with democracy. They are means to an end, and they use the black population as sacrifices for their goals.

~David A. Clarke, Jr.

Topics: Black Democracy Democratic Democratic Society End Goals Had Issues Lives Matter Means More Population Sacrifices Society Students Than Use

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Privacy is a right, but as in any democratic society, it is not an absolute right.

~David Blunkett

Topics: Absolute Any Democratic Democratic Society Privacy Right Society

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What I said was that in a democratic society, people must be permitted to make their choices and that the choices of women should not be subordinate to the choices of men, otherwise women are less than equal, are second-class citizens.

~Dennis Kucinich

Topics: Choices Citizens Democratic Democratic Society Equal Less Make Men Must Otherwise People Permitted Said Second-Class Should Society Subordinate Than Women Women Are

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