“Under dictatorial rule, people need not think- need not choose- need not make up their minds or give their consent. All they need to do is to follow. This had been a bitter lesson learnt from Philippine political experience of not so long ago. By contrast, a democracy cannot survive without civic virtue… The political challenge for people around the world today is not just to replace authoritarian regimes by democratic ones. Beyond this, it is to make democracy work for ordinary people ..."
- Former Phillipines President Ramos
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