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What is Democracy?
The word, from the Greek, means "rule of the people." In ancient Greece, it referred to a government where the people share in directing the activities of the state, as distinct from governments controlled by a single class, select group, or autocrat. The definition of Democracy has been expanded, however, to describe a philosophy that insists on the right and the capacity of a people, acting either directly or through representatives, to control their institutions for their own purposes. Such a philosophy places a high value on the equality of individuals. It insists that necessary restraints be imposed only by the consent of the majority and that they conform to the principle of equality.
According to Merriam-Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary Democracy is: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation, usually involving periodically-held free elections.
Ideally, a Democracy is, as Lincoln described, "government of the people, by the people, and for the people." And the people should be ALL the people!
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