But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I do not believe that the values which the Western democracies consider essential to civilization can survive in a world rent by the international anarchy of nationalism and the economic anarchy of competitive enterprise.
A global democracy works only when countries trust one another.
No nation can claim, 'We are an uncorrupt nation, therefore we will tell you what the morals of democracy are.'
The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.
Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people.
A nation has its first obligation to its own workers and its own poor.
We should not be surprised that democracy is imperfect even in Western countries.
Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.
Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for the universal aspiration to dignity and freedom, but it isn't alien to the underlying concepts that infuse religion and moral philosophy everywhere.
I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction.
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