{"quotes":[{"text":"Democracy is probably the only discovery by mankind which mostly brought it only happiness.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri-writer","capitalism","constitution","democracy","democratic","dictatorship","governance","government","happiness","human","india","inspirational","laws","mankind","military","ministers","motivational","parliament","philosophy","progress","public-sector","slavery","socialism","system","tyranny","wisdom"],"id":2009,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"What Democratic congressmen do to their women staffers, Republican congressmen do to the country.","author":"Bill Maher","tags":["country","democratic "],"id":9849,"author_id":"Bill+Maher"},{"text":"When Bill Clinton ran in '92, and I listened to him, and I had of course known of his record from Arkansas, I found him extraordinarily inspirational, and I voted Democratic.","author":"Wesley Clark","tags":["democratic","him","course "],"id":22621,"author_id":"Wesley+Clark"},{"text":"Democratic Socialism is simply Totalitarianism that allows you the illusion of a voice in the matter.","author":"A.E. Samaan","tags":["democracy","democratic","democratic-socialism","freedom","libertarian","libertarianism","liberty","popular-vote","referendums","socialism","socialist","totalitarian","totalitarianism"],"id":37008,"author_id":"A.E.+Samaan"},{"text":"A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["administration","capitalism","capitalistic","capitalistic-greed","capitalists","censorship","corporate-gain","corrupt","corruption","defunct","democracy","democratic","dysfunctional","empire","government","government-corruption","greed","greed-corruption","greedy","humanity","hypocrisy","interests","justice","leadership","money","nation","not-working","people","plutocracy","policies","profit","profit-drive","profitability","profits","rulership","social-system","social-systems","society","system","truth"],"id":37848,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"I have repeatedly called for respecting institutions and the democratic process. Once the process is completed, we should always respect the outcome.","author":"Jejomar Binay","tags":["process","democratic","always "],"id":47648,"author_id":"Jejomar+Binay"},{"text":"In a democratic country everything is very simple: If you choose a good government, good things will happen; if you choose a bad government, bad things will happen!","author":"Mehmet Murat ildan","tags":["democracy","democracy","democratic","democratic-country","murat-ildan","turkish-writers"],"id":66799,"author_id":"Mehmet+Murat+ildan"},{"text":"Corruption is uniquely reprehensible in a democracy because it violates the system's first principle, which we all learned back in the sunshiny days of elementary school: that the government exist to serve the public, not particular companies or individuals or even elected officials. ","author":"Thomas Frank","tags":["democratic","government","politics","republican"],"id":75279,"author_id":"Thomas+Frank"},{"text":"Denying the popular vote is un-American and anti-democratic.","author":"DaShanne Stokes","tags":["american","american-culture","american-dream","democracy","democracy-freedom","democracy-gone-wrong","democracy-in-america","democracy-voting","democratic","electoral-college","government","government","politics","politics-of-the-united-states","politics","popular-vote","vote","voter","voters","voters-and-voting","voting","voting-rights","voting-system"],"id":81646,"author_id":"DaShanne+Stokes"},{"text":"The biggest mistake of a democratic country is to underestimate the power of a democratically elected pro-fascist leader because it is always easier to destroy a castle from within!","author":"Mehmet Murat ildan","tags":["democracy","democratic","fascism","fascism","fascism","fascismo","fascist","fascist-country","fascists","ildan-wisdom","ildan-wise-sayings","ildan-words","mehmet-murat-ildan","mehmet-murat-ildan","trump","turkish-aphorisms","turkish-","turkish-literature","turkish-playwrights","turkish","turkish","turkish-sayings","turkish-thinkers","turkish-wisdom-words","turkish-writers","underestimate","underestimation"],"id":110286,"author_id":"Mehmet+Murat+ildan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":37,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}