The reasons why our democracy is failing (particularly women, children and the very poor) are many.

For five years ago democracy in France failed.

As such, whenever this all-encompassing hope is taken away from the people, liberal democracy fails.

The top-down approach is failing because our democracies have failed.

The democracies failed to fold up although they lost battle after battle.

If democracy fails there, the blame will belong almost exclusively to the Russians.

"Unless the military could deliver on that change, democracy would fail."

If democracy fails, the will of whoever has the biggest or the best guns prevails.

I don't for a moment agree with those who think that our representative democracy has failed or that the future of the country is bleak.

"The amount of money we're talking about is very small potatoes compared to what we will have to pay if democracy fails."