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Democracy is not really out
there in the world as a thing.
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Democracy, if it exists at all,
exists inside us.
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Democracy has to begin with a
desire for the people to rule,
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which of course, is what
democracy is all about.
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So I tend to think that in a way it's
more useful to think of democracy
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as a verb rather than as a noun.
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I realize grammatically that's incorrect,
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but I think you understand
the spirit of what I mean,
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that democracy is something that you do.
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It's something that, when you speak the word,
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you have to be taking responsibility.
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