We see it taking root throughout the new Africa. And we standready to support it. First, we want to work with Africa to nurture democracy, knowing it isnever perfect or complete. We have learned in over 200 years that everyday democracy must be defended, and a more perfect union can always lieahead. Democracy requires more than the insults and injustice andinequality that so many societies have known and America has known.
Democracy requires human rights for everyone, everywhere.
For men andwomen, for children and the elderly, for people of different cultures andtribes and backgrounds. A good society honors its entire family. Second, democracy must have prosperity. Americans of both politicalparties want to increase trade and investment in Africa. We have anAfrican Growth and Opportunity Act now before Congress.