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Elections, Campaigns and Democracy

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Language: EnglishStudies in English
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Democracy
Democracy (Greek: δημοκρατία dēmokratía, literally "rule of the people"), in modern usage, is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body, such as a parliament. Democracy is sometimes referred to as "rule of the majority". Democracy is a system of processing conflicts in which outcomes depend on what participants do, but no single force controls what occurs and its outcomes.
Elections
Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote.
William L. Shirer, as reported by The New York Times (December 29, 1969), p. 36.
Elections
The freeman casting, with unpurchased hand,
The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Poetry, A Metrical Essay, line 83.
Elections
The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.
John F. Kennedy, press conference (November 10, 1963). Transcript, The New York Times (November 11, 1963), p. 20. In Theodore Sorensen's Kennedy (1965), these words are followed by "There may be difficulties with the Congress, but a margin of only one vote would still be a mandate" (p. 219).
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