"The government has been true to its word in our pursuit of a more open and dynamic democracy by offering alternative venues for Bersih to gather," he said, "but the simple fact is that no one is above the law".
The teachers of the Third Republic helped their students, he notes, to reflect on the balance between rights and duties, as well as the need to respect certain principles essential for a dynamic democracy.
Santos says: "In 10 years' time I hope that people will say finally we are a country that is living in peace and that we have a very strong democracy, a dynamic democracy that has been able to progress socially and that we no longer have this shameful title of being one of the most unequal countries in Latin America".
After 2000, Tuckman says, "genuinely encouraging citizens to become more engaged with politics could have provided an alternative motor for other changes"; but "Mexico has … cavalierly thrown away the chance of establishing a new dynamic democracy and has instead got itself bogged down in political decadence".
"Are you sure you don't want a carved elephant?" Kenya is a spectacularly beautiful, dynamic democracy.
But the important thing here is to understand that our democracy is a dynamic democracy, and our Constitution is a living document -- it's not carved in stone.
"An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy," Feger said, quoting Thomas Jefferson, at the end of a prepared presentation to the board.
So why, then, should we be skeptical about its interaction with yet another global dynamic: democracy as a form of government?
Returning to the goals and guiding principles of the 1979 Iranian revolution would create a truly homegrown and dynamic democracy, chosen by the people themselves and not imposed from outside.
Shortly after prodding India in a New Delhi speech to find ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Secretary of State John Kerry sent a "Your Dot" piece (a guest post) emphasizing that he sees this as a partnership between two dynamic, innovative democracies.
