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Our democracy is threatened whenever we take it for granted.

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Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values... it requires that t...more

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If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost...more

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And that brings me to one last point. I've got a simple message for all the dedicated and patriotic federal workers who have either worked without pay...more

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But that’s part of what makes America wonderful, is we always had this nagging dissatisfaction that spurs us on. That’s how we ended up going west, th...more

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No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow l...more

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Fifty years of isolating Cuba had failed to promote democracy, setting us back in Latin America. That's why we restored diplomatic relations, opened t...more

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The absence of even rough agreement on the facts puts every opinion on equal footing and therefore eliminates the basis for thoughtful compromise. It ...more

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We have no authoritative figure, no Walter Cronkite or Edward R. Murrow whom we all listen to and trust to sort out contradictory claims. Instead, the...more

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That is the one thing that makes me a Democrat, I suppose - this idea that our communal values, our sense of mutual responsibility and social solidari...more