"I know of few,if any,mature democracies in the world where faced with the threat of violence and violence itself that turnout for the voters would have been higher than it was here Thursday,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

People living in democracies are generally significantly happier than people living in dictatorships.

生活在民主制度下的人通常明显,比生活在独裁制度下的人更快乐。

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Is that type the common man ? is it found in democracies; those of acquired taste and money as in aristocracies; the warrior; ? or even the priest as in theocracies?

那属于一般大众类型吗,存在于民主之中吗;,或是存于那些得体且富有的,如贵族，战士或甚至是神父中;,如同神权政治吗？

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But General McChrystal has warned that more are needed. On the contested outcome of last month's presidential election in Afghanistan, Spanta said voting "irregularities" are not unusual in emerging democracies and that the Independent Electoral Commission and the U.N.-supported Election Complaint Commission are working to address the complaints and recount some of the ballots.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Not building our own ties to India, to Japan, to Australia, to the other liberal democracies in Asia.

不和印度建立关系，不和日本，澳大利亚建立关系，不和其他亚洲自由民主国家打交道。

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So democracies of some sort existed in different places.

所以各地存在不同的民主制度。

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USA and India, in spite of being... world's largest democracies have not always have warm relations.

毕竟世界上的民主大国。,之间的关系,经常是不好的。

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