"We are ready to lend them a helping hand to maintain democracy, freedom and prosperity in this area," he said.

An active and free labour movement is considered by many to be an important element in maintaining democracy and for economic development.

It's a tribute to Israel that it has managed to maintain democracy under such conditions of diversity and high political stakes.

Only a strong police force headed by chief constables free from political control, he argued, could maintain democracy and public order.

Reading, you hear, is necessary to maintain democracy.

"Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at play in these elections."

This resolution trivializes our most important tool to maintain democracy.

According to Putnam and his followers, social capital is a key component to building and maintaining democracy.

The problem seen as central by the authors was the difficulty of maintaining democracy in organizations.