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Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

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

In a true democracy is the cure for most of our social and political ills, but a few of them must remain to keep us going.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

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 is an extraordinary adventure. It's difficult, full of daring and risk and danger. But it's the greatest gift we have.

Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred.

All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.

The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.