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You never compromise by those who want to use those to extinguish freedom and democracy, because if you do then the very things for which you stand are extinguished.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a7799/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/17/7799.v2.jpg" alt="Margaret Thatcher"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Margaret Thatcher</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="38424"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="38424" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a7799/38424/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=You%20never%20compromise%20with%20violence.%20You%20never%20compromise%20with%20intimidation.%20You%20never%20compromise%20by%20those%20who%20want%20to%20use%20those%20to%20extinguish%20freedom%20and%20democracy%2C%20because%20if%20you%20do%20then%20the%20very%20things%20for%20which%20you%20stand%20are%20extinguished.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa7799%2F38424%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/779/">Freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/524/">Democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/334/">Violence</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a25516/262783/">A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a25516/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/25516.v2.jpg" alt="Thomas Hobbes"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Thomas Hobbes</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="262783"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="262783" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a25516/262783/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=A%20democracy%20is%20no%20more%20than%20an%20aristocracy%20of%20orators.%20The%20people%20are%20so%20readily%20moved%20by%20demagogues%20that%20control%20must%20be%20exercised%20by%20the%20government%20over%20speech%20and%20press.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa25516%2F262783%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/227/">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/524/">Democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/26106/">Orators</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3696/05107/">Democracy's a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it's no longer democracy, is it? It's something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3696/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/10/3696.v4.jpg" alt="Sam Shepard"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Sam Shepard</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="05107"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="05107" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3696/05107/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Democracy%27s%20a%20very%20fragile%20thing.%20You%20have%20to%20take%20care%20of%20democracy.%20As%20soon%20as%20you%20stop%20being%20responsible%20to%20it%20and%20allow%20it%20to%20turn%20into%20scare%20tactics%2C%20it%27s%20no%20longer%20democracy%2C%20is%20it%3F%20It%27s%20something%20else.%20It%20may%20be%20an%20inch%20away%20from%20totalitarianism.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3696%2F05107%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1081/">May</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/545/">Stop</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/159/">Care</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a11175/120674/">The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below; and not to realise truth, beauty and good only in contemplation, but also in the actual experience of daily life; social progress depends not upon the ennoblement of the few but on the enrichment of democracy; universal brotherhood can be achieved only when there is an equality of opportunity - of opportunity in the social, political and individual life.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a11175/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/11175.v3.jpg" alt="Bhagat Singh"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Bhagat Singh</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="120674"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="120674" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a11175/120674/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20aim%20of%20life%20is%20no%20more%20to%20control%20the%20mind%2C%20but%20to%20develop%20it%20harmoniously%3B%20not%20to%20achieve%20salvation%20here%20after%2C%20but%20to%20make%20the%20best%20use%20of%20it%20here%20below%3B%20and%20not%20to%20realise%20truth%2C%20beauty%20and%20good%20only%20in%20contemplation%2C%20but%20also%20in%20the%20actual%20experience%20of%20daily%20life%3B%20social%20progress%20depends%20not%20upon%20the%20ennoblement%20of%20the%20few%20but%20on%20the%20enrichment%20of%20democracy%3B%20universal%20brotherhood%20can%20be%20achieved%20only%20when%20there%20is%20an%20equality%20of%20opportunity%20-%20of%20opportunity%20in%20the%20social%2C%20political%20and%20individual%20life.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa11175%2F120674%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/57/">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/128/">Mind</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3024/134b4/">You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3024/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/10/3024.v5.jpg" alt="Abbie Hoffman"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Abbie Hoffman</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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If we don't like how we live, we can participate in the perfect most revolutionary act in a democracy, it's called voting.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a17199/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/f/17199.v2.jpg" alt="Maynard Jackson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Maynard Jackson</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="061660"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="061660" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a17199/061660/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20ran%20because%20I%20became%20convinced%20after%20King%20was%20shot%20and%20killed%2C%20and%20Martin%20Luther%20King%20was%20one%20of%20the%20great%20heroes%20of%20my%20life%2C%20that%20politics%20is%20not%20perfect%20but%20it%27s%20the%20best%20available%20nonviolent%20means%20of%20changing%20how%20we%20live.%20If%20we%20don%27t%20like%20how%20we%20live%2C%20we%20can%20participate%20in%20the%20perfect%20most%20revolutionary%20act%20in%20a%20democracy%2C%20it%27s%20called%20voting.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa17199%2F061660%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/740/">Perfect</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/135/">Mean</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/912/">Hero</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1539/3147d/">Democracy is also a form of worship. 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But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4146/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/12/4146.v113.jpg" alt="Barack Obama"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Barack Obama</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="031b4"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="031b4" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4146/031b4/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Our%20brand%20of%20democracy%20is%20hard.%20But%20I%20can%20promise%20that%20a%20year%20from%20now%2C%20when%20I%20no%20longer%20hold%20this%20office%2C%20I%27ll%20be%20right%20there%20with%20you%20as%20a%20citizen%20-%20inspired%20by%20those%20voices%20of%20fairness%20and%20vision%2C%20of%20grit%20and%20good%20humor%20and%20kindness%20that%20have%20helped%20America%20travel%20so%20far.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4146%2F031b4%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/57/">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/152/">America</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/538/">Vision</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1539/12de7/">Adultery is the application of democracy to love.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1539/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/3/1539.v9.jpg" alt="H. 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