list of democratic ideals?
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Not real sure what you want?\n\nTry looking at The United States Bill Of Rights.\n\nFree - speech, religion, right to trial, right of privacy, right to own property, etc.
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Freedom of religion.\nFreedom of speech.\nFreedom of the press.\nFreedom to assemble peaceably.\nRight to petition the government for redress of grievance.\nFreedom to organize non-governmental entities.\nEqual justice under law, due process.\nUniversal suffrage -- right to vote.\nNo arbitrary imprisonment. I think lawyers call this habeas corpus, not sure.\nEquality of the sexes.\nLabor organizations.\nOther things.\nJust some few that I value highly, but some imply responsibility, too.
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Yes.  Democracy encompasses more than just geographical borders.  It is a philosophy that is largely built upon the foundation of law, and freedom of choice.  As long as men continue to value individual freedom and freethinking there will be democracy.  I don't foresee a world filled with dark, gothic, Batman-like figures devouring the poor without a fight.  That's how France and America became great anyway.  Don't forget.  Lights of liberty we all must be.
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http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/5.htm
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Will this help?\n\nhttp://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=What+democratic+laws+did+the+English+establish+after+their+Glorious+Revolution&btnG=Search&meta=
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Republicratic-Demopublicans. :)
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seven principles /BALANCE/GRADATION/\nREPETITION/CONTRAST/HARMONY/\nDOMINANCE/UNITY
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Try this Washington website for a bunch of ideas...just too many to list!
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The first European country with democratic idea(l)s was France. During the French Revolution from 1789 to 1799 the values "liberte" ((personal) freedom), "egalite" (equality) and "fraternite" (brotherhood) were the leading ideals in French society. Back then monarchy was brought to its fall and a new, democratic government was built. Unfortunately, one of the revolutions leaders, Robespierre, saw the only solution to bring the revolution to success in executing any possible "enemy" of it during his Reign of Terror. In the end, he was executed himself, the revolution failed, France ended up in monarchy again. The main problem was the extreme poverty among the people, the poor hoped through the revolution there would be less hunger and poverty, because the noblemen were killed and their properties taken, but with time passing they had to face the fact that they cannot make bread out of blood (I hope you know what I mean?)\nThe U.S.A. was the first country to successfully adopt the democratic ideals of the French Revolution and that, by the way, is the reason why France gave the Statue of Liberty with the torch of enlightenment to the U.S., the same torch is located in Paris as wyell. I hope I could help you a little... sorry for my English, I hope I used the right historical terms (I translated them literally from the German terms I know)
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A few of the many. . . . . . \n\nA democracy is a state in which the poor gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the offices among the remaining citizens equally by lot. – Plato, from The Republic, VIII, 370 BCE.\n\nDemocracy arose from men thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal in all respects. – Aristotle, from Politics, V, 322 BCE.\n\nA democracy, when put to the strain, grows weak, and is supplanted by oligarchy. – Aristotle, from Rhetoric, 322 BCE.\n\nDemocracy is more cruel than wars or tyrants. – Seneca, from Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, 63 CE.\n\nA democracy in effect is no more than an aristocracy of orators, interrupted sometimes with the temporary monarchy of one orator. – Thomas Hobbes, from De corpore politico, II, 1650 CE.\n\nThe evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy.  The people do no want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots. – Elbridge Gerry, - Speech in the Constitutional convention, 1787 CE.\n\nA perfect democracy is the most shameless thing in the world. – Edmund Burke, from Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790 CE.\n\nDemocracy is Lovelace and the people is Clarissa. – John Adams, Letter to William Cunningham, March 1804 CE.\n\nThe tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity. – James Fenimore Cooper, from The American Democrat, XIV, 1838 CE.\n\nDemocracy is morose, and runs to anarchy. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, from Nominalist and Realist, 1841 CE.\n\nInstitutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty or civilization or both. – T. B. Macaulay, from Letter to H. S. Randall, 23 May 1857 CE.
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It's what you believe in. Here are some things a democrat believes: \n\n    *  Believing that all people deserve to be treated with equal respect and dignity, regardless of gender, race, creed or sexual orientation.\n    * Believing that the right to bear arms is conditional.\n    * Believing that the government should be responsive and responsible.\n    * Believing that public schools work.\n    * Believing that we must preserve the environment now for generations to come.\n    * Believing that it is irresponsible for the government to cut financial aid while cutting aid to higher education.\n    * Believing that a woman has the right to make reproductive decisions.\n    * Believing that tax cuts for the wealthy should not take priority over tax cuts for the working class.\n    * Believing that religion does not belong in public schools.\n    * Believing that all children should have access to education and health care.\n    * Believing that equal work deserves equal pay.
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http://humanitiesconference.com/ProposalSystem/Presentations/P001314\nhttp://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/\n\nHope it helps :-)
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Its a good start, Number one would solve most problems on its own. The rules I would like to add would be;\n5. Politics will become open and free for all people to have their say, a true democracy based on the right to attend law making debates to raise and vote on the issues  that concern you.\n6. Politicians will not be paid, but will only get expenses based on the average wage of a person from the area they represent
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Notable ideas: tabula rasa, "government with the consent of the governed"; state of nature; rights of life, liberty and property \nInfluences: Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Grotius, Descartes, Hooker, Hobbes
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whats democratic plans?  i think i heard of it once in a fairy tale.
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There is a platform on gp.com.  In addition, they offer "10 key values."  They are: grassroots democracy, social justice, ecological concerns, non-violence, decentralization, economic justice, gender equality, respect for diversity, personal responsibility, and future focus and sustainability.\nAlso, on their website, they go issue by issue and state where they stand.
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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.\n\nGeorge Bernard Shaw