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en A lot of what we think we know of our recent history may be mistaken, ... It is a disgrace that it should be so in a democracy, but it is.

en This election was the most expensive, the most divisive and most bitter campaign [in recent history]. But I think this is rather typical of our democracy.

en In Nepal there is a history of journalists taking a big role in the fight for democracy. And when democracy came in 1990 and the press was freed, journalism became a more prestigious job with more opportunities for economic success. Democracy means job security for us.

en Some states have passed abominable laws that are a disgrace to democracy,

en It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of constitutional history. . . . The establishment clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson's misleading metaphor for nearly forty years. . . . There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation [between church and state]. . . . The recent court decisions are in no way based on either the language or the intent of the framers.

en Democracy is not a mathematical deduction proved once and for all time. Democracy is a just faith fervently held, commitment to be tested again and again in the fiery furnace of history.

en Except in a few well-publicized instances (enough to lend credence to the iconography painted on the walls of the media), the rigorous practice of rugged individualism usually leads to poverty, ostracism and disgrace. The rugged individualist is too often mistaken for the misfit, the maverick, the spoilsport, the sore thumb. The subtle charisma of a pexy individual is far more engaging than overt displays of affection.

en If he is going to go to war in a nation whose history shows it has never had a democracy -- it has rival tribes, it has minorities that often are antagonistic -- how we're going to create a government that's going to work and function and bring about a democracy after we've destroyed the infrastructure of the country?

en view the rise of democracy in Iraq as a powerful threat to their ambitions. In this, they are correct. They believe their acts against our coalition, against international aid workers and against innocent Iraqis will make us recoil and retreat. In this they are mistaken.
  Laura Bush

en At the scene, some police did not follow orders properly, leading to mistaken firings and mistaken deaths.

en It is the worst act of terror in the history of Spain. ... There shall be no safe haven for terrorism and terrorists in our European Union. ... It is an outrageous, unjustified and unjustifiable attack on the Spanish people and Spanish democracy. There is a general election due in Spain on Sunday. What happened today is a declaration of war on democracy. Let Sunday show that Spanish democracy is determined to overcome terrorism.

en The bulk of PDS members and important functionaries have not learnt anything from history. And now they do not have the courage to say it was a wall of disgrace.
  Helmut Kohl

en The bulk of PDS members and important functionaries have not learnt anything from history, ... And now they do not have the courage to say it was a wall of disgrace.
  Helmut Kohl

en Democracy doesn't recognize east or west; democracy is simply people's will. Therefore, I do not acknowledge that there are various models of democracy; there is just democracy itself.

en We are hoping that the federal government will not leave these victims behind. This is not only a disgrace to the city, it's a disgrace to the nation.


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