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• n  the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
• n  a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
• n  the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

• Why has democracy taken root in India, when it has failed to survive in so many other countries in the Middle East and Africanot to mention in Pakistan, which was part of India .
• On Scene: Security forces crack down violently on a protest in downtown Cairo, showing that the government still has the upper hand in the struggle over democracy.
• Modern democracy has its roots deep in religion.

• republic
• commonwealth
• majority rule

News & Articles

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• Democracy Unplugged to present forum on liquor store privatization
  Should Pennsylvania privatize its liquor stores? That will be the topic when Democracy Unplugged presents a forum on Pennsylvania’s liquor stores.
  June 11, 2013 - Springfield Press
• The Ironies Of Small Business And Democracy
  One of the great ironies is that while businesses flourish in a democracy, a business cannot flourish as a democracy.
  June 11, 2013 - Forbes
• ECB Case Pits Market Stability Against Democracy, Lawyer Says
  The European Central Bank’s OMT bond-buying plan may force Germany’s top court to choose between market stability and the principles of democracy, lawyers for political groups that oppose the plan said at a hearing.
  June 11, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Allentown Morning Call
  Obama said his decision was necessary "to hold ourselves accountable to standards that are at the core of our democracy."
• President Bush in USA Today
  Bringing Saddam Hussein to justice will not end the violence in Iraq, but it is an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a democracy that can govern, sustain and defend itself, and be an ally in the war on terror,Bush said.
• Nouri al-Maliki in Lexington Herald Leader
  Those who benefit from such acts are the enemies of humanity, the enemies of democracy,he said.