Democracy is described as the people’s power to choose leaders, even if they later regret the result. Some quotes remind us that every democracy carries the seeds of its own downfall. Others argue that democracy rests on the idea that ordinary people can govern themselves with reason and fairness.
![“Condelleza Rice and Colin Powell are both dangerous people. What they did in Haiti [2004 U.S.-backed coup that ousted democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide] is a good measure of it. They destroyed a democracy. They squelched loans that had been approved by the Inter-American…” quote by Randall Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b93/randall-robinson-16024_approved_condelleza-rice-and-colin-powell-are-bot_1248111.jpg)
