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

In my view, stability only comes with a government that is elected by the people and works for the people.

I think one of the brilliant parts of our democracy is how resilient it is. We are each allowed to have our own beliefs and, as long as we follow the rule of law, we can express them however we'd like. This is a unique characteristic of the best democracies and one I value tremendously.

Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often complain about their leaders and their institutions. The gap between the ideal democracy and the existing one cannot be bridged.

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

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

In a true democracy is the cure for most of our social and political ills, but a few of them must remain to keep us going.

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.

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