“Democracy first! First, first, first! First! Democracy, FIRST!”

— Craig Ferguson

in response to John McCain's suggestion to suspend the 2008 presidential campaign because of the financial crisis.
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2014)
Context: You don't say 'we're suspending the campaign'! You can't say that! We didn't sus-, you can't, it's the democratic process! We didn't suspend it for 9/11, we didn't suspend it for Pearl Harbor, we didn't suspend it for the Nazis, we didn't suspend it for the damn British! We don't do that in America! We don't! There's no suspending the campaign! Democracy first! First, first, first! First! Democracy, FIRST!

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