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Definition of Democracy

Democracy

  1. Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.
  2. Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic.
  3. Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government.
  4. The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called.

Democracy Quotations

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
Abraham Lincoln

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
John F. Kennedy

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
Aristotle

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
John Adams
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Democracy Translations

democracy in Afrikaans is demokrasie
democracy in Danish is demokrati
democracy in Dutch is democratie
democracy in German is Demokratie
democracy in Italian is democrazia
democracy in Norwegian is demokrati
democracy in Portuguese is democracia
democracy in Spanish is democracia
democracy in Swedish is demokrati

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