Sentences with phrase «essential idea of democracy»

We should have gone through this hell under the current dispensation because the essential idea of democracy is that we have the right to determine who governs us and the constitution gives us the right to hold them accountable.

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«The exchange of ideas and information is essential to democracy and good governance,» James said in a statement.
These ideas are likely to have left an impression on the public, perhaps fueling cynicism about politics and about the democratic process, and undermining the trust in institutions and in one another, across lines of difference, that is essential for the functioning of representative democracy.
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