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  • #1
    George Eliot
    “People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.”
    ― George Eliot, Middlemarch
    tags: bravery, neighbors
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    Elbert Hubbard
    “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
    ― Elbert Hubbard
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    Steve Maraboli
    “It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.”
    ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
    tags: compassion, inspirational, kindness, smile
    508 likes

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  • #5
    Alan Moore
    “People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
    ― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
    tags: democracy, equality, government, misattributed
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    Isaac Asimov
    “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: democracy, elite, elitism, elitist, voter, voting
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: apathy, democracy, elections, voting
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  • #8
    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr.
    tags: communism, democracy, freedom, liberation, love, marxism, peace, radicalism, socialism, theology
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  • #9
    H.L. Mencken
    “Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
    ― H.L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy
    tags: belief, democracy, government, humor, ignorance, intelligence, pathetic, political-commentary, politics, public-office
    355 likes

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  • #10
    Margaret Thatcher
    “Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.”
    ― Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher : The Greatest Speeches
    tags: democracy, inspirational, leadership, reality
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  • #11
    Theodore Roosevelt
    “A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
    tags: civic-duty, democracy, elections, voters
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  • #12
    H.L. Mencken
    “As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
    ― H.L. Mencken, On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe
    tags: democracy, elite, elitism, elitist, meritocracy, politics, predictions, voter, voting
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    Winston S. Churchill
    “Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”
    ― Winston S. Churchill, Churchill Speaks: Collected Speeches in Peace and War, 1897-1963
    tags: democracy, government
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  • #14
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    “I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.”
    ― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
    tags: democracy
    281 likes

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  • #15
    Paul Krugman
    “I believe in a relatively equal society, supported by institutions that limit extremes of wealth and poverty. I believe in democracy, civil liberties, and the rule of law. That makes me a liberal, and I’m proud of it.”
    ― Paul Krugman
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  • #16
    Thomas Jefferson
    “It is an axiom in my mind, that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the State to effect, and on a general plan.”
    ― Thomas Jefferson, Letters of Thomas Jefferson
    tags: democracy
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “The ballot is stronger than the bullet.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: democracy, elections, irony
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
    tags: choice, democracy, vote
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    Larry J. Sabato
    “Every election is determined by the people who show up.”
    ― Larry J. Sabato , Pendulum Swing
    tags: democracy, democracy-fascism, democracy-freedom, democracy-voting, democrats, elections, freedom, liberty, political-science, politics-observation, politics-science, politicsics, republicans, responsibility, vote, voters, voting, voting-rights
    141 likes

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    Niall Ferguson
    “So much of liberalism in its classical sense is taken for granted in the west today and even disrespected. We take freedom for granted, and because of this we don't understand how incredibly vulnerable it is.”
    ― Niall Ferguson
    tags: democracy, freedom, liberalism, liberty
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  • #21
    Thomas L. Friedman
    “When widely followed public figures feel free to say anything, without any fact-checking, it becomes impossible for a democracy to think intelligently about big issues.”
    ― Thomas L. Friedman
    tags: democracy, democracy-fascism, democracy-freedom, democracy-voting, democrats, elections, free-speech, media, political-science, politics-observation, politics-science, politicsics, republicans
    102 likes

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  • #22
    Naomi Klein
    “Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity.”
    ― Naomi Klein
    tags: democracy, politics, voting
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  • #23
    Aristotle
    “Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: democracy, equality, freedom
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    W.E.B. Du Bois
    “Honest and earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched,- criticism of writers by readers, of government by those governed, of leaders by those led, - this is the soul of democracy and the safeguard of modern society”
    ― W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk
    tags: criticism, democracy
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    Jaachynma N.E. Agu
    “Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.”
    ― Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper
    tags: accomplishments, african-american-authors, african-authors, agu-jaachynam-n-e, amazom, anyaele-sam-chiyson, aspiration, be-different, book, business, chiysonovelty-bookclub, elections, entrepreneurship, fame, forbes, greater-glory, greatness, higher-living, immortality, improvement, inspiration, international-authors, intimacy, it-is-time-to-get-very-rich, jaachynma, leadership, life, money, niche, nigerian-authors, president, reading, relationship, revolution, richest, risk-it, security, self-help, success, successful-living, the-best-option, the-prince-and-the-pauper, the-sagacity-of-sage, wealth
    240 likes

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  • #26
    Barack Obama
    “There's no such thing as a vote that doesn't matter.”
    ― Barack Obama
    tags: change, choice, elections, voting
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  • #27
    Dietrich Bonhoeffer
    “There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.”
    ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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  • #28
    Dietrich Bonhoeffer
    “The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.”
    ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
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