Description: Democracy by soundbite is not democracy.
Transcript:
We’re getting democracy by sound bite, democracy by charm. And the likelihood of great leaders emerging from this form of popular democracy is, I think, diminishing. But we have a responsibility. We can do something. The people in the vast majority of the world with no input in the activities of their governments have a much harder, much harder role. I think they have to focus on their own children, their own families . . . on focusing on their own lives, on improving their own lives, and are rejecting false promises of religious claims.
Recorded On: 6/12/07