The democracy we are constructing must be able to show its usefulness and relevance.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them.
Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.
Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.
The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize problems and mistakes.
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
We should never take democracy for granted. Democracy can emerge and develop, but it can also decay.
Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.
Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving.