Sentence examples for damage democracy from inspiring English sources

Indeed, protest can sometimes damage democracy.

"Any kind of interference will damage the electoral process and also damage democracy in the future," he said.

Would it damage democracy if everyone began using modern language that all new MPs, of any background, might instantly understand?

This is a direct consequence of government's decisions to ignore warnings that rushing through new individual registration reforms would damage democracy".

Sir George Young warned that it would damage democracy to ignore strong opinions among members of the public "or pretend that their views do not exist".

Speaking at Sheffield Hallam University in Nick Clegg's constituency, Mr Miliband will claim the "missing million" is "a direct consequence of the Government's decision to ignore warnings that rushing through new individual registration reforms would damage democracy".

Beyond that, however, too much prating about loyalty, even in war, damages democracy's health.

The postal vote reinforces clan politics, encourages fraud, and damages democracy.

"I think it weakened parliament systematically over the years, particularly governments, it has damaged democracy and I think its very existence has de-civilised society".

He described the LTTE as "among the most ruthless and bloodthirsty organisations to have infested the planet", but warned that the means being used to defeat it were violating the rights of the country's Tamil people and damaging democracy itself.

Leeds blogger and Tweeter Stuart Bruce said on his Bruce on the World blog: "If this is true then Leeds City Council has joined the list of clueless councils that are damaging democracy by failing to engage with the electorate to the best of their ability".