International institutions ought to be, as the national ones in democratic countries, established by the peoples and for the peoples.
Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.
To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform.
The ANC, we believe, stands at the head of the whole liberation front, the whole Mass Democratic Movement.
Our country is blessed with a democratic political system that is sensitive to the wishes of our people.
A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.
Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase.
I believe in the Democratic party, and their philosophy and what they stand for - for the poor people.
Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate.
The Democratic Party needs to look carefully at moving towards the middle, where the American people are.
To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.
Can a democratic nation fight a War on Terror and at the same time bend over backward so as not to offend a few visitors' rights?
The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected.
I say Republicans aren't right all the time. Democrats aren't wrong all the time - now, maybe most of the time, but not all the time.
I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
People have their constitutional right to contribute to a campaign and if they have discretionary money that they want to contribute to a candidate, whether a Republican or a Democrat, they should be able to do so.
The Democrats have essentially decided to move more toward central power, control of just about every aspect of our culture and economy.
Clear limits should be set on how power is exercised in cyberspace by companies as well as governments through the democratic political process and enforced through law.
The strength of democratic societies relies on their capacity to know how to stand firm against extremism while respecting justice in the means used to fight terrorism.
Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.
The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.
