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All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.

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 worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.

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

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

Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated.

The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is we who with our feet and our vote and our labors and our vigilance are supposed to shape our country.

We should never take democracy for granted. Democracy can emerge and develop, but it can also decay.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.