Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy.
Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.
As I understand I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies. That is why, when we go to sleep under totalitarian rule and wake up in a democracy, it makes me laugh.
Democracies take time.
We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy.
All of my novels are democracies.
Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.
We have to implant democracies where there are now dictatorships.