In nation after nation, democracy has taken the place of autocracy.
Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.
A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.
Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.
Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.
Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable.
One has the right to be wrong in a democracy.
Let's win the peace and democracy the good people of Iraq so richly deserve after decades of tyranny.
Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.
We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote.
In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.
In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.
And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers.
The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people.
For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.