Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.
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But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.
Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize problems and mistakes.
Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.
Democracy actually requires that the whole public be able to see common problems and address them and step outside of their own sort of narrow self-interest to do so.
Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.
The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy.