Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.
— Alan Corenk  ·  Democracy

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democracy [də'mɑkrəsi] 词频2 词根: 民众
n. 民众;民主国家;民主主义;民主政治;
💡 demo人民+cracy统治；\"人民统治\"→人民做主→民主；民主政治，民主政体；民主主义
"the principles of democracy"
民主原则
think [θɪŋk] 词频1
vt. 想;思索;以为;看待; vi. 思辩;考虑;构想;回忆; adj. 深思的;供思考的; n. 想;想法;
💡 深刻(谐音):深刻的思 想 我在想（think）该如何感谢（thank）他们
"They'll think you're being antisocial if you don't go."
要是你不去，他们就会认为你不合群。
近义：imagine, meditate, mull, perpend, ponder, ratiocinate
want [wɑnt] 词频1
v. 想要;希望;打算;需要…在场; n. 需要的东西;缺少;贫穷;
💡 因为want 所以want 东西
"I don't want to make an accusation until I have some proof."
我要有一些证据以后才提出控告。
近义：intend, like, mean, seek, will, wish 反义：scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate, downplay
hear [hɪr] 词频1
vt.& vi. 听到，听见; vt. 听说;得知;听取;审理; vi. 听;听见;
💡 h(身体两侧)+ear(耳朵):身体两侧能 听见
"I could hear him bumbling around in the kitchen."
我听得见他在厨房里瞎折腾。
近义：listen, overhear, hearken, hark, harken
told [tel] 词频1
v. 表明( tell的过去式和过去分词 );讲;知道;讲述;
"In a weak moment, I told him the truth."
我一时心软, 告诉了他真相.
choosing
v. 选择；决定（choose的ing形式）
近义：option, pick, preference, selection, picking, choice

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"Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking."
— Clement Atlee
"In democracy it's your vote that counts; In feudalism it's your count that votes."
— Mogens Jallberg
"The idea of an election is much more interesting to me than the election itself...The act of voting is in itself the defining moment."
— Jeff Melvoin
"If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost."
— Aristotle
"Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few."
— George Bernard Shaw
"Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."
— George Bernard Shaw
"Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right."
— H. L. Mencken
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard."
— H. L. Mencken
"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."
— Tom Stoppard
"Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame."
— Laurence J. Peter
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