I'd say that 'Anything worthwhile demands effort',but that response itself didn't take much, therefore, it must be invalid.
If you insist upon striving to achieve those goals(or improve that which has already been established in the case of Democracy),you might think that you are hopelessly naive or miserable at the time,but later on,you will see that the very fact that you had some goal to accomplish that occupied your life,that you are luckier than people who try to run down the clock before they do something particularly embarassing that they will never live down. If you even come close,you will go down in the history books,you know,as long as you try. If you are just a fan of those concepts,then fine,it's nice to have a dream.
I personally want people of every race,gender/sex,creed or what have you to be treated as equals with all the major double-standards and special privileges being done away with.
I don't want it for reasons others would consider idealistic,though. It is just more practical to do so. More importantly,no special advantages or disadvantages means no excuses for one's own failures and no mercy if one starts a conflict without just cause.
