The principle of democracy is all about delegation of power by the vast majority of citizens through a few chosen representatives chosen on merit and competence.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.