Wilson wasted no time. He immediately called a special session of Congress to act on Democratic campaign promises to reduce import taxes,or tariffs.

VOA: special.2010.09.23

And for Americans, all our democratic experience and do I have to put a tie on for this event or not?

美国人也如此,我们都参与民主政治,知道在什么场合需要系领带,比如现在

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

In many ways Aristotle there offers, as does Plato, a certain kind of critique of the modern or even the ancient democratic theory of freedom, which is living as one likes.

亚里士多德在很多方面所提出的和柏拉图相似，都是一种对现代,或甚至古代自由民主理论的评判，也就是过一个人想过的生活。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

A challenge that affects parents, children and citizens in almost every community in America should not be a Democratic problem or a Republican problem.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

They were very suspicious of the democratic tendencies, or so it seemed, the democratic tendencies of that northern society which was spreading literacy more widely, and eventually the right to vote more widely, at least among white people.

他们也对民主倾向表示怀疑,事实就是如此,有着民主倾向的北方社会,文化教育的开展更为广泛,因而更广大人民有着投票权,至少大部分白人有投票权

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

They voted for the opposition Democratic or People's Parties,instead.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

Maybe you want to argue it and we could have a discussion, but it might mean that American democracy, or democracy of any kind, helps to produce a particular kind of democratic soul.

也许你想争辩，果真如此,我们可以另作讨论，但那也许意谓着,美式民主，或任何一种民主，协助产生了,特定种类的民主灵魂。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The U.S.State Department has said it wants to see the situation addressed lawfully, without violence or any impediments to democratic activities.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

"Well,regrettably, people are not freed or free from fear because we are dealing with a non-democratic system,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

The opposition Democratic Alliance won 67 parliamentary seats, polling 16 percent of the vote or four points more than in the last elections.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

The so-called Red Shirts, led by the United Democratic Front against Dictatorship,or UDD, have the backing of the main parliamentary opposition group, the Puea Thai Party.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

Democratic congressional leaders hope to agree on a final version of health-care reform by September or October, once they reconcile competing plans that emerge from the Senate and the House of Representatives.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

"And Obama really has a choice to make here. Does he want to fight a war on the front of liberal Democrats, or does he want to fight a war to win Republican support in the Senate and win conservative Democratic support in the Senate,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Among those invited by the president to hear the speech in person were a number of Americans who the White House said would benefit from Democratic-sponsored reform , including persons struggling to pay medical bills or denied coverage under the current insurance system.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"I'm coming in contact now with a lot of young immigrants and I find a lot of hope in their desire to continue to advocate for improvements and to not hide their issues or their concerns, but to participate in the society in a democratic way, whatever their legal status."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22