Democratic ideals and concepts of popular participation are closely linked with principles of competition and the free-market economy.

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We throw up our hands and ask whether political action committees have more influence on elections than democratic ideals or the interests of most Americans.

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The former president embodies the South Africa that was promised in the election of 1994, and many South Africans worry that their country no longer reflects the democratic ideals Mandela spent his life advocating.

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The democratic revolutionary is the person whose ideals are so large that they are willing to give their life in service to those ideals.

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While the Democratic Party was the clear winner, I don't believe for even a moment that the Democrats' ideals prevailed over Republican ideals.

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