That may indeed exist below the democratic patina of these declarations.
For the U.S., the international human rights treaties we've signed aren't just documents - they're ringing declarations of democratic values that we have inspired, advocated, and often helped to author.
At the same time, more than 800 Kurdish delegates met in Diyarbakir and issued a declaration of "democratic autonomy" for the predominantly Kurdish region.
"French Pique" (editorial, July 1) ignores the main issues raised by the French foreign minister, Hubert Vedrine, when France declined to sign the Warsaw declaration of democratic principles.
As Louis Armstrong is reported to have said, there's some folks that, if they don't know, you can't tell 'em... "But on the other hand, there were those who took the thing to be a rousing declaration of democratic principles and a tract for the assassination of dictators.
The Taliban's declaration that the democratic system in Pakistan is un-Islamic and its criticism of Imran Khan, the former Pakistani cricketer-turned politician, as a liberal infidel exposes the peril of violent radicalism that surrounds Pakistan.
Those stints, however intensive, time-consuming or lucrative, appear to belie the sweeping declaration by the Democratic operative, Hilary Rosen, that Mrs. Romney "never worked a day in her life".
After multiple polls this week suggested that the party would fare materially better under Vince Cable, he failed to show a creative response to Vince Cable's intriguing declaration of "social democratic values" on Monday.
This has been an extraordinary time in Nepal, with the declaration of a democratic republic in May, the abdication of the king in June and a new constitution in the works.
But while Mr. Walsh got grief from two attendees of Democratic persuasion, more notable were the declarations, and qualms, of his supporters.
