The crucial role communists played in organizing industrial unions in the 1930s and struggling for social reforms, peace, and civil rights strengthened rather then undermined democratic forces. Michael Parenti
The April 9th/10th vote is like that one of 1948, when democratic forces rejected the communist offensive and firmly moved the Country to the West, towards democracy and its values. Silvio Berlusconi
We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure. Ibrahim Babangida