'America has no functioning democracy at this moment.' - Jimmy Carter

<blockquote>'America has no functioning democracy at this moment .. the invasion of human rights and American privacy has gone too far.'

- Jimmy Carter (Source, July 19, 2013)</blockquote>


<blockquote>'Amerika hat derzeit keine funktionierende Demokratie.'

- Jimmy Carter (NSA-Affäre: Ex-Präsident Carter verdammt US-Schnüffelei, 17.07.2013)</blockquote>


Context The Elders - Jimmy Carter

<blockquote>'..American journalism began in earnest as a rebellion against the state..' - 'America is sick..' - '..astonishing violations of the US Constitution..'

Property rights - Civil Liberties - The Criminal N.S.A. (The New York Times)

'..the checks and balances that frame American democracy and civil liberties failed.'</blockquote>