11.   Approaching elections bring on the customary hand-wringing among political observers that American democracy is going to hell in a handbasket because so few Americans vote.

12.   As the native-born son of Swedish immigrants, Sandburg was enraptured by the promise of American democracy, inspired by Whitman.

13.   Balancing the secret work of American spies with the openness of American democracy has been a difficult tightrope act for the four post-Cold-War directors.

14.   Beloved for their creakiness and eccentric design, they have for decades done their bit for American democracy.

15.   A fascinating feature of American democracy is the ability to triumph even while losing.

16.   Admiring though both men were of the course of American democracy, they had their misgivings about unfettered freedom.

17.   Alexis de Tocqueville saw this art of association as a key virtue of American democracy.

18.   Aggressive skepticism is an essential element of American democracy.

19.   Albright is not too delicate to listen to her critics, and neither is American democracy.

20.   Both men said they were among the first in their companies to volunteer, Osborne to defend American democracy and Campbell because of his opposition to Hitler.