“President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plunged into 30 years of war, into an advanced, industrialized, Western-style democracy. What we want to achieve is Afghanistan's capacity to secure and govern itself.” WorldWantShouldYearsSaidWarCountryTurnsPresidentDemocracyAchieveStyleCapacityWesternSecureAspirationRealisticAfghanistanPresident ObamaPoorest Author:David Petraeus
“America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams.” DreamAmericaCertainCultureInterestDemocracyPersonalityAspirationClashMobility Author:David Brooks
“True democracy is not inconsistent with a few persons representing the spirit, the hope and the aspirations of those whom they claim to represent.” PersonsSpiritDemocracyClaimsAspirationRepresentingInconsistentTrue Democracy Book:The Wisdom of Gandhi in His Own Words Source: The Wisdom of Gandhi in His Own Words