31.   And it left experts puzzling over how the nation will ever be satisfied that democracy had been well-served.

32.   And democracy is its soul.

33.   And now, as a result, democracy is not nearly as important as stability.

34.   And there is no democracy to stop them.

35.   Another goal was to remind viewers, who may be both weary and wary of politics, that democracy is a messy but noble pursuit.

36.   As Iranians were finding out in the last few days, democracy can be messy.

37.   As our own history reflects, building democracy is hard.

38.   As the British pushed to expand democratic reforms, liberals pointed to the Athenian experience as evidence that democracy was achievable without a traumatic upheaval like the French Revolution.

39.   As Mexico shows, democracy is pliable.

40.   As we discovered after driving down a snowy gravel road last week, however, democracy is alive and well in this remote part of America.