The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize problems and mistakes.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.
Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality and an idea of liberty. It reflects an idea of dignity, the dignity of the individual, the idea that each individual should have an equal vote, an equal say, in the formation of their government.
Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen.
The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is we who with our feet and our vote and our labors and our vigilance are supposed to shape our country.
Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.
Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.
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.
Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.