Juan Bosch quotes

“Democracy was being saved from Communism by getting rid of democracy.”
-- Juan Bosch

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“This country is not pro-American. It is United States property.”
-- Juan Bosch

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“Campaign may invite a certain skepticism about democracy, but it will surely restore your faith in cinema verite.”

“Those who deplore our militants, who exhort patience in the name of a false peace, are in fact supporting segregation and exploitation. They would have social peace at the expense of social and racial justice. They are more concerned with easing racial tension than enforcing racial democracy.”

“Democracy can be sustained and developed only by people who understand its essence.”

“Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".”

“The goal of a great democracy should be fulfillment, not ease. It should be adequacy, not serenity.”

“As a rule, dictatorships guarantee safe streets and terror of the doorbell. In democracy the streets may be unsafe after dark, but the most likely visitor in the early hours will be the milkman.”

“As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.”

“Democracy is the breeding ground of communism,”

“Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals - With no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.”

Source : 1955 In Newsweek, 24 Jan.

“Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.”

Source : Speech at Aarhus University, 11 Apr. 1956, in The Times 12 Apr. 1956