Dozens of people encouraged me to fulfill my ambitions.

Democratic Alliances

The Democratic Hopes of Iraqis

Democratic weapons or weapons of democracy?

Reforms had unleashed new entrepreneurial energies and the prospect of a brighter future lifted people s aspirations.

Democratic governments are too complicated for that.

The power to achieve democratic change is in our hands.

Rather, they are the places where technology and public policy support citizens welfare and aspirations.

Among its first victims would be the noble aspirations of the OSCE, and NATO s investment in Afghanistan.

The assertion implicit in Cohen s articles not only pushes engagement with a dictatorship, for the supposed benefit of the United States, but dismisses any hope that Iranians might have legitimate democratic aspirations that could possibly succeed in their country.

True, such political infighting makes the EU appear as if it is no longer motivated by great and noble ambitions.

But such a plan cannot be counted on to curb Putin's broader revisionist ambitions.

The greatest democratic politicians have a large capacity for shallow friendships.

They share common values as free and democratic countries.

Democratic politicians everywhere vie for the support of ethnic lobbies.

The institutional structure envisaged by the proposed European Constitution should also reflect and help develop Europe's broader aspirations.

They hold different religions and backgrounds but common dreams and aspirations.

Economic growth is rising, poverty is falling and democratic governance is spreading.

Democratic manners came more naturally to the British occupation forces.

Elections would be held and democratic politics would begin.

Addressing those minorities, she continued We do hear your fears, and we do honor your aspirations.

On one side stood people who understood how to operate in a democracy, attain power, and realize their ambitions.

China s regional outreach, moreover, clashes with that of other regional powers, such as Russia and India.

In all of these countries, all parties respect basic democratic freedoms.

Given India s democratic traditions, it is likely that the change will be peaceful.

The first modern, democratic revolutions transferred power from monarchs to the nation or the people.

Modern democracies share at least seven preconditions

Democratic regimes, Tocqueville argued, determine our thoughts, desires, and passions.

How can modern Western democracies impose strict fiscal discipline?

Snags and fissures now bedevil Croatia's infant democratic reforms.

After the Soviet disintegration, even Russia emerged as a credible candidate for democratic reform.

True, Poland s democratic institutions, despite their flaws, function rather well.

Democracies have proved to be much more peaceful than authoritarian regimes and dictatorships.

Elsewhere, of course, this sort of turmoil has democratic safety valves.

By standing up for democratic principles, the world would truly stand on the side of the Kenyan people.

Only democratic parliaments should sit as equals in Europe s democratic forums.

All modern democratic societies must balance individual autonomy and social justice.

But there are valid reasons to view Iran s democratic glass as being half empty.

It has spread democracy, and democracies don't fight each other.

I think that democratic principles are universal and that we are supposed to abide by them.

WASHINGTON, DC Egyptians political aspirations have dominated the country s public life since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak last year.

Across the Atlantic, America s fiscal crisis and weak economic growth will force it to reduce its global military commitments.

We used to be reassured by the generalization that democratic countries seek peace.

Europe's states have been able to achieve this discipline primarily because they are democracies.

First, a market economy was created, the rule of law established, and democratic institutions built.