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— Alexis de Tocqueville"The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through."
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This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy - a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
— Ambrose Bierce
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