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Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.

I've always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny.

I don't see democracy getting better. I see democracy diminishing. More rules, more legislation. Eventually governments will see everything.

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it allows us to know and say that it isn't.

Democracy is difficult and demanding. So is history. It can crack your voice; it can stir your soul; it can break your heart.

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred.

Democracy involves that old-fashioned thing called working it out.