As recent as the year 2000 we won elections by saying we shouldn't be the policemen of the world, and that we should not be nation building. And its time we got those values back into this country.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We have given up office, but not our responsibility to serve the nation. We have lost an election, but not our determination.
We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices.
At every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and values distorted, the change required to restore our nation has always come from the bottom up from our people.
The values and voices of democracy are silent. Either we have lost touch with those values or, no better, believe they need not or cannot be taught.
I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.
We shouldn't waste any more time in making sure that democracy is properly rooted in our political life and the supremacy of the law becomes an integral part of our state's structure.
There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people.
We have to be bold in our national ambitions. First, we must win the fight against poverty within the next decade. Second, we must improve moral standards in government and society to provide a strong foundation for good governance. Third, we must change the character of our politics to promote fertile ground for reforms.
Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.
I think we are realising that governments can't govern us any more.
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