Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Democracy involves that old-fashioned thing called working it out.
Ironically, the very fact that democracy has such a lengthy history has actually contributed to confusion and disagreement, for 'democracy' has meant different things to different people at different times and places.
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 the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
Democracy, obviously, is something we don't want to give up, but it does create chaos. It means the guy next door can do what he wants, and it creates a collision of thinking. In cities, that means people build whatever they want.
Democracy is difficult and demanding. So is history. It can crack your voice; it can stir your soul; it can break your heart.
Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not something that happens just with one event. It's an ongoing building process. But it also ought to be a part of our culture, a part of our lives.
I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.
Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world.
Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.