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Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.

Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.

I believe that democracy is about values before it is about voting. These values must be nurtured within society and integrated into the electoral process itself.

Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen.

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

Democracy is interactive... It's a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.

Democracy allows rhetoric, false empathy and emotion to pummel rational thinking - so it's no wonder so many politicians thrive in it.