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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.

Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated.

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

I can't let my mother's death have been in vain. Democracy is the best revenge, and we will have it.

The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence.

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.

Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not something that happens just with one event. It's an ongoing building process. But it also ought to be a part of our culture, a part of our lives.

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

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