The actual quote was:

 I don't see what would be wrong with surrounding Israel with democracies;
indeed, if the whole world were democratic, we'd live in a much safer
international security system because democracies do not wage aggressive
wars.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/876263.asp

While few things are absolute and Mr. Perle did mispeak, it is true that
democracies are less likely to go to war against each other, which is
probably what he meant.

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>
> And just the other day, Richard Perle, one of the architects of the
current
> nonsense, said on one of the Sunday morning talk shows that, "Democracies
> don't start aggressive wars."
>
> I just about fell out of my chair. So much for sophistries.
>
> Wirt Atmar
>
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