One of the most important lessons of the American experiment -- really the Western experiment -- is an order of operations.
We're a Democratic Republic. That means that we are a democracy, despite what some people say, while being a republic.
The thing that history has shown us is that democracy has to come after established, inalienable rights.
We've seen this happen several times in my lifetime, that we've tried to being democracy to other nations.
If Saudi Arabia became a democracy tomorrow, it'd revert back to a theocracy the day after. The people of the Gaza were given democracy in 2005, and they selected to live under a genocidal terror group.
If free speech were left to a popular vote in these United States, we wouldn't have it.
Rights have to come first. We'll give you democracy later.
If we screw up the order of operations, all we'll have will be dictatorships.