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Democracy is a garden that has to be tended.

— Barack Obama

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Remarks during conference held on March 6, 2019 by Qualtrics, a tech company in Salt Lake City. As quoted in the March 7, 2019 article "Obama warns that if the world isn't careful, democracy could be in danger: 'Democracy is a garden that has to be tended'" by Business Insider Deutschland author Julie Bort.

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