For me, true and authentic democracy occurs when the privileged groups assist the unprivileged groups to become more privileged.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.
The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people.
While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.
I've always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny.
A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.
In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.
Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
The principle of democracy is all about delegation of power by the vast majority of citizens through a few chosen representatives chosen on merit and competence.