In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
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 involves that old-fashioned thing called working it out.
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
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.
A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
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.
The practical core of democracy, defined functionally, is the peaceful exchange of power between different groups of powerful political players arranged in parties.
In a democracy there are only two types of power: there's organized people and organized money, and organized money only wins when people aren't organized.