| 1 | Markets have moods and biases that need to be counterbalanced. | |
| 2 | This process will remorselessly shift the balance of power in China's favor. | |
| 3 | Balance of power and electoral democracy became the defining political characteristics of these nation-states. | |
| 4 | Democracy is about justice, accountability, plurality, checks and balances and all the processes that go with them. | |
| 5 | He gave a troubling impression that his popularity justified limiting the checks and balances typical of a democracy. |