Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country.
Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.
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.
I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price.
Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated.
One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.
Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world.
I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth of talent there is in its community.
In order to build basic democracy here we'll need lives of two generations - at least forty years.
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