Democracy

Gree = free

Peach= partly free

Red= not free

Democracy "is government by the people in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system." In the phrase of Abraham Lincoln, democracy is a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."

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In the United States there are tree different branches of power that over look each other. These are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The legislative branch is in charged of making laws, the executive branch make sure the laws made by the legislative branch are fallowed, and the judicial branch is the one that interprets the law.

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THE PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY
Sovereignty of the people.
Government based upon consent of the governed.
Majority rule.
Minority rights.
Guarantee of basic human rights.
Free and fair elections.
Equality before the law.
Due process of law.
Constitutional limits on government.
Social, economic, and political pluralism.
Values of tolerance, pragmatism, cooperation, and compromise.

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