No nation can claim, 'We are an uncorrupt nation, therefore we will tell you what the morals of democracy are.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.
Democracy without morality is impossible.
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.
When we say 'democracy' we have to mean what we say.
Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.
Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people.
It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
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