Only if we view them in this way can progress toward democracy be made around the world.

An election is a good time to assess a country's progress toward democracy.

I hope we can make better steps toward democracy in our country, but that takes time.

Now we hope it is a small step toward democracy in our country.

By the end of the 1970's, his thinking had begun to evolve toward social democracy.

As a result, postwar Japan took a small step toward democracy.

They also see a gradual movement toward more open government and greater democracy.

"Our security is caught up with whether people in the hemisphere are moving toward democracy," he said.

Iraq has many capable women ready to lead the country toward democracy.

Of course the Arab world has long moved "at its own pace" toward democracy.