Mr. Obama's call to support genuine democracy has implications for the kinds of elections the international community promotes and endorses.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You know, President Obama feels very strongly that the government has a responsibility to engage with the American people, as well as with the world community.
Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them.
Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy.
I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all people.
The Americans' position is clear: we promote democracy.
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.
The exercise of democracy begins as exercise, as walking around, becoming familiar with the streets, comfortable with strangers, able to imagine your own body as powerful and expressive rather than a pawn.
Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.
The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given a chance, will choose liberty and democracy over enslavement and tyranny.