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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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DEMOCRACY, n. [Gr. People, and to possess, to govern.] Government by the people; a form of government, in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively, or in which the people exercise the powers of legislation. Such was the government of Athens.
Government by the people; a form
of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly
exercised by the people.
Government by popular representation; a
form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the
people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of
representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a
constitutional representative government; a republic.
Collectively, the people, regarded as the
source of government.
Milton. The principles and policy of the
Democratic party, so called.
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