«Mass surveillance violates international privacy rights and is fundamentally incompatible with the rights to free speech and free association that lie at the heart of strong democracies. (ccla.org)
«I'm confident Turkey will come out of this with much stronger democracy, better functioning market economy & enhanced investment climate.» (businessinsider.com)
Placing one's hope in strong democracy or «democratic values» is to build upon sand — even if one came to the conclusion that the plebian interests were the ones that had to be defended come what may, one would learn from the play that unscrupulous means (logically pointing to Caesar - dom) were absolutely necessary to keep the plebs organized in defense of these interests. (firstthings.com)