The lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies
If revolutions are to succeed, the people must deliver freedom. They must reject authoritarianism, a small revolutionary elite or a military junta.
It is against human nature to be enslaved, oppressed or occupied by another nation
The former president of Burkina Faso showed us that it is possible to cultivate political virtues for ethical politics