We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.
While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.
Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia - first by Hitler and then by Stalin.
I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below.
The system he (President Hosni Mubarak) is recommending would make it virtually impossible for truly independent parties to participate. Sham democracy should be exposed for what it truly is.
Democracy cannot be built on revenge and you will not have the support of the world if you are intolerant and take the law into your own hands.
I can't see democracy occurring by force - after an Iraqi war, because of the fallout from that.
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