The grandeur and strength or our people and democracy are as big as a forest.

As you have fewer and fewer voices in a democracy in a free society it's not good to limit the number of voices.

America must be the teacher of democracy not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach the American living standard.

Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.

I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly we're not trying to create the perfect democracy. We're never going to create some ideal society. We are simply there for our own national security.

The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society they are the rights of all the people.

Well you know too much democracy is a sort of sad thing.

Informed by our sad experience of history we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.

At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.

We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation.