The other day, someone told me the difference between a democracy and a people's democracy. It's the same difference between a jacket and a straitjacket. (Ronald Reagan)

The other day, someone told me the difference between a democracy and a people's democracy. It's the same difference between a jacket and a straitjacket.

Ronald Reagan

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