Our democracy cannot be left in the hands of those who would rather watch or participate in a train wreck than stop it.
My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if Bush comes out on the wrong side of democracy, that's his problem.
I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all people.
The international community should pressure Iran to get the Houthis to agree to some peaceful understanding in Yemen. But at the same time, Saudi Arabia also needs to believe truly in democracy for Yemen.
Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.
If our republican form of government is perishing because communications - the infrastructure of that republic - is under the yoke of international business how, at last, do we save it? We must build a confrontational movement to reclaim our democracy, a movement committed to active and sustained protest against the present order.
Americans like to say we're fighting for democracy, and yet young Americans have come to the view that democracy doesn't deliver.
I very much favor democracy, but when there is a contradiction between democratic and Jewish values, the Jewish and Zionist values are more important.
A society without democracy is a society of slaves and fools.