Documents/RSP/19: U.S. Interests/19.6: Liberty and Democracy

19.6: Liberty and Democracy

Support the conditions of liberty and the institutions necessary for a successful democracy.

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Sixth, having supported popular sovereignty abroad, we have erred in failing to sufficiently support the conditions of liberty and the institutions necessary for a successful democracy. Too often we have acted as if liberty’s first order of business is a vote. Elections should be a consummation and not a commencement to democratic processes.

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