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On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

There is always, of course, a limit in a democracy as to what is politically possible, so you have to respect that limit. But in my experience, governments tend to be too timid.

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.

I believe that the presidential term should be limited.

I think you do need two terms as a president.

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

Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.

In order to build basic democracy here we'll need lives of two generations - at least forty years.

I'm much more attracted personally to governments going their full term. It's very hard to have a fixed term election I know with ah... a parliamentary democracy, but I've always had an instinct to say there should be a fixed term.

Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again.