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Definition

a system of government in which citizens have power with equal votes

The United States has a representative democracy.

democracy = a system of government in which citizens have power with equal votes

Canada has a parliamentary democracy.

democracy = a system of government in which citizens have power with equal votes

She described it as a democracy in name only.

democracy = a system of government in which citizens have power with equal votes

Now class, say it all together, 'We are a democracy.'
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

democracy = system of government in which citizens have power with equal votes

Colonel Maycomb persevered in his efforts to make the region safe for democracy, but his first campaign was his last.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

democracy = a system of government in which citizens have power with equal votes

In front of DEMOCRACY, she printed WE ARE A.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

democracy = system of government in which citizens have power with equal votes

We are a democracy and Germany is a dictatorship.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

democracy = system of government in which citizens have power with equal votes

She printed DEMOCRACY in large letters.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

democracy = a system of government in which citizens have power with equal votes

"Democracy," she said.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

democracy = a system of government in which citizens have power with equal votes

As American occupiers worked to help Japan transition to democracy and independence, the Cold War was beginning.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual.
Henry David Thoreau -- Resistance to Civil Government
And he had made humble a company that was as close to a monarch as one could get in a country of democracy.
David Baldacci -- Wish You Well
He had overseen the drafting of a constitution in 1964, which turned Afghanistan into a democracy, offering universal suffrage and emancipating women.
Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin -- Three Cups of Tea
"So you're saying that even if Clarke is innocent, it'd be worth it to let her die in order to keep democracy alive?"
Kass Morgan -- The 100
Before that, our country believed in freedom and democracy and equality for all.
Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Among the Hidden
That's the cycle democracy is built on!
Tennessee Williams -- The Glass Menagerie
The dictatorship of the proletariat or democracy?
Milan Kundera -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The way I see it, England's a democracy, and we in this village have suffered as much as anyone fighting to keep it that way.
Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Remains of the Day
Frustrated citizens tend to execute kings and queens and make a democracy.
Lemony Snicket -- The Wide Window
We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.
Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Military-Industrial Complex Speech

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