According to the American philosopher 

John Dewey, democracy is the

most desirable form of government because it alone provides the kinds
of freedom necessary for individual self-development and growth—
including the freedom to exchange ideas and opinions with others, the
freedom to form associations with others to pursue common goals,
and the freedom to determine and pursue one’s own conception of the
good life. Democracy is more than merely a form of government,
however; as Dewey remarks in Democracy and Education (1916), it is
also a “mode of associated life” in which citizens cooperate with each
other to solve their common problems through rational means (i.e.,
through critical inquiry and experiment) in a spirit of mutual respect
and good will. Moreover, the political institutions of any democracy,
according to Dewey, should not be viewed as the perfect and
unchangeable creations of visionary statesmen of the past; rather, they
should be constantly subject to criticism and improvement as
historical circumstances and the public interest change.