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Soundbites - anathema to democracy?

Soundbites - anathema to democracy?

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Originally posted by sh76
No form of government can guarantee total equality and justice.
The obvious answer is: no government.

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Originally posted by spruce112358
Money is stored work. Hating money is like hating work.

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"Money is stored work." Bah, humbug!

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Originally posted by sh76
No form of government can guarantee total equality and justice.
don't let perfection be the enemy of good.

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Originally posted by FMF
There's more to prosperity than money.

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...sell your possessions and give to the poor... Matt 19:21

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Originally posted by spruce112358
Money is stored work. Hating money is like hating work.

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What does 'Hating money's like hating work' mean to sweatshop-workers?

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Democracy ensures we'll be governed no better than we deserve.

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In a time of universal deceit, speaking truth becomes a revolutionary act.

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A good politician under democracy is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.

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The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

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In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

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Democracy guarantees equality of opportunity, not of conditions.

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In a democracy, an organized minority is a political majority.

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Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant.

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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds.

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The spirit of democracy cannot be imposed from without.

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