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“Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.”
Source : Abbie Hoffman (2009). “Revolution for the Hell of It: The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a Five-Year Prison Term at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial”, Da Capo Press
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“My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.”
Source : "Soon to be a Major Motion Picture". Book by Abbie Hoffman, p. 64, 1980.
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“Democracy can be sustained and developed only by people who understand its essence.”
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“The goal of a great democracy should be fulfillment, not ease. It should be adequacy, not serenity.”
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“We have shown that Islam can rule the world perfectly for 14 centuries, and during this time of Muslim power we did not borrow ideas like democracy from others, so why do we need to learn democracy from them now?”
Source : "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com. 
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“The creation of Physics is the shared heritage of all mankind. East and West, North and South have equally participated in it.”
Source : Abdus Salam, H. R. Dalafi (1994). “Renaissance of Sciences in Islamic Countries”, p.16, World Scientific
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“Yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, And onward drags a laboring breast, And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire.”
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“U.S.-China relations doesn't need another lawyer.”
Source : "Singing songs to connect America and China" By Abigail Washburn, www.cnn.com. April 30, 2012.
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“The people who control culture in China have no culture.”
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“There was funky Chinamen from funky China town.”
