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The theory is that democratic systems provide a path to peace, and universalizing them would eliminate war and minimize global, political violence

— Rudolph Rummel Lethal Politics: Soviet Genocide and Mass Murder since 1917 (1990)

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The more democratic freedom a people have, the less severe their internal political violence.

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The way to virtually eliminate genocide and mass murder appears to be through restricting and checking Power, i.e., through fostering democratic freedom.

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Democratic freedom is a method of nonviolence and an antidote to war.

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Where people are free, political violence is minimal.

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People should not be free only because it is good for them. They should be free because it is their right as human beings.

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