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To: Eashoa' M'sheekha who wrote (100)	2/17/2003 2:52:12 AM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186

Democracy 101 Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. Groucho Marx Freedom is when the people can speak, democracy is when the government listens. Alastair Farrugia The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. Alice Walker Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead We must all live so that our children do not have to pay for our deeds. Andrejs Upits If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost. Aristotle Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. Aristotle Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote! Benjamin Franklin A democrat need not believe that the majority will always reach a wise decision. He should however believe in the necessity of accepting the decision of the majority, be it wise or unwise, until such a time that the majority reaches another decision. Bertrand Russell Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him. Charles DeGaulle Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told. Dave Barry Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage. Dwight D. Eisenhower General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked. Edmuns Burke The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness. Edvard Teller A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. Edward Abbey There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. Elie Wiesel As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of differences. Eugene McCarthy It's dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them. Frederick Douglass Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass You can never have a revolution in order to establish democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution. G. K. Chesterton Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. Galbraith's Law