Muscovites themselves are choosing their city's government!" To applause and cheers, he continued: "Muscovites themselves are choosing their city's mayor.
Mr Bush pointed to school reform in Texas, which has raised the educational standards of minority students, and argued that "compassionate conservatism" offered a better alternative to poor blacks than traditional big-government programmes.The applause was diplomatic and the immediate response polite, if sceptical.
Both countries condemned the outrage; both insisted the peace process was intact; and, lending weight to this claim, Pakistan's foreign minister, Khurshid Kasuri, proceeded this week with a visit to Delhi.Although both governments deserve applause for the maturity of their reactions, both should be urged to go further.
His promise to end the plague of financial scandals that had beset recent Socialist governments won applause but left him vulnerable when he, in turn, was accused of misconduct: he had accepted, from a wealthy businessman under investigation for insider trading, a large loan to finance the purchase of a Paris apartment.
And when India and Taiwan devolved power from central to regional governments, to the applause of good-government advocates, the opportunities for bribe-collecting multiplied.In many of the world's more corrupt countries, the distinction between private interest and public duty is still unfamiliar.
It is not the first time this year that the Swedish government has drawn applause for its gender equality.
He also managed to give major addresses to the legislature that, while packed with the very essence of government, included no applause lines.
We are endowed by our creator that's God, not government [applause] with certain inalienable rights…The Declaration of Independence and the constitution have been venerated for two centuries.
At the rally in Westminster, Javid initially received applause for government action on capping interest rates on payday loans and stopping the detention of children.
As a result, it was not greeted with the applause the government had been hoping for.In one respect at least, this is a shame.
Some journalists and government officials burst into applause and started dancing after the final results of the election were announced at a news conference in Cairo on Tuesday.
