Politics & Government
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- Dictatorship
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- "pure democracy" - The ancient Greek city-state of Athens is considered the world's first and only "pure" democracy, established in 507 B.C.E.
- "democratic country" = "constitutional democracy" = "democratic republic" = "constitutional federal representative democracy"
- The U.S. Constitution was designed to create a balance of power across three branches of government: the legislative (Congress), the judicial (the court system) and the executive (the president, vice president and cabinet). = "presidential model"
- The U.K. divided power into the one (the monarch), the few (the House of Lords) and the many (the House of Commons)" = "parliamentary model" - The modern U.K. is a constitutional monarchy.
- Whether it's a presidential or parliamentary system, what makes a modern democracy a true democracy is faithful adherence to a set of democratic principles: the rule of law (constitutionalism), representation based on free and fair elections, and guaranteed rights including freedom of speech, press and religion. By that measure, some countries are democracies in name, but not in practice.
- Perspectives on the Constitution: A Republic, If You Can Keep It - National Constitution Center
- "A republic, if you can keep it." - Benjamin Franklin
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