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Democracy
(In Greek it means "rule of the people"). The term originated in ancient
Greece to designate a government where the people (or their elected agents) share in
directing the activities of the state, as distinct from governments controlled
by a single class, select group, or autocrat. Democracy insists that decisions
be imposed only by the consent of the majority and that they conform to the
principle of equality.
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