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

If the condition of Government stands still, it just makes no sense and must die, so, therefore, the improvement within that democracy must be the greater and greater equalization of rights and opportunities to the people as those people grow up.

For me, democracy must deliver a better life for the people.

Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it allows us to know and say that it isn't.

Democracy is not the end point of mankind. There may be developments in many different directions in the coming centuries. Democracy has only existed for about 200 years. It started out with the American Declaration of Independence. The Americans got their ideas from the Europeans, in the main from the French, the Dutch and the British.

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

Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving.

Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy.