Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.

Margaret Thatcher
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Abraham Lincoln believed that a nation's greatness did not lie in the size of its population, wealth of its cities, or number of its guns, but in the character of its people.

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