Support for peaceful reform by the people themselves is the right way to promote democracy, not the use of force.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We believe that this is not right for a democracy to make revolutions the beacon of promoting democracy.
The use of force to liberate people is very different from the use of force to suppress or control them, or even to defeat them.
The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.
One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.
Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
It is often noted that it can be hard for democracies to fight wars because of changing public opinion.
Democracy is an imperfect way of steering between the violence of anarchy and the violence of tyranny, with the least violence you can get away with.
I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously.
The Americans' position is clear: we promote democracy.
Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law.
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