And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers.
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People don't seem to understand that the separation of powers is not about the power of these branches; it's there to protect individual liberty - it's there to protect us from the concentration of power.
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
It's actually very easy for democracy to disappear.
Democracy is an extraordinary adventure. It's difficult, full of daring and risk and danger. But it's the greatest gift we have.
Democracy is messy, and it's hard. It's never easy.
I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.
Denying the president a constitutional voice is the real threat to our system of separated powers.
Our power is not so much in us as through us.
But at the same time, I think we recognize we can't impose democracy from without, particularly American-style democracy. We need to work with those elements in the region that are moving towards a reformed process and there are a number of them.
Nations are divided, but we citizens need not be.
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