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I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy.

I believe that democracy is about values before it is about voting. These values must be nurtured within society and integrated into the electoral process itself.

Democracy is a political method, that is to say, a certain type of institutional arrangement for arriving at political - legislative and administrative - decisions and hence incapable of being an end in itself.

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

Democracy, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply benefit the privileged few.

Anyone who wants to be part of the political process should adopt values that are compatible with democracy.

Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less.

I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something.

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.

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.