This document discusses democracy and its key aspects and characteristics. It defines democracy as a system where supreme power is held by the people, either directly or indirectly through elected representatives. It outlines that a democratic system includes a democratic state, government, society, and economic order. The key characteristics of democracy mentioned include sovereignty residing with the people, fundamental rights and freedoms, independent judiciary, rule of law, periodic elections, decentralization of power, and respect for public opinion and minority rights. It concludes that democracy provides the best form of government for a country to develop and prosper when it upholds values like equal rights, rule of law, and meeting citizens' basic needs.

1. DEMOCRACY
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2. DEMOCRACY
• In democracy supreme power is in the hands of people who
exercise this the hands of people who exercise this power
either directly or indirectly, thought power either directly or
indirectly, thought the elected representatives who responsible
the elected representatives who responsible to the people

3. ASPECTS OF DEMOCRACY
• Democratic state Democratic state
• Democratic government Democratic government
• Democratic society Democratic society
• Democratic economic order Democratic economic order
• Democratic way of life

4. CHARACTERISTICS OF DEMOCRACY
• Sovereignty with the people Sovereignty with the people
• State and government are considered means State and government are considered
means
• Faith in the rationality of man Faith in the rationality of man
• Liberty Liberty
• Equality Equality
• Fraternity Fraternity
• Provision of fundamental rights Provision of fundamental rights
• Independent and impartial judiciary Independent and impartial judiciary
• Rule of majority

5. CHARACTERISTICS OF DEMOCRACY
• Respect of public opinion Respect of public opinion
• Faith in peaceful and constitutional methods Faith in peaceful and constitutional
methods
• Freedom to form opposition parties Freedom to form opposition parties
• Open competition for political power Open competition for political power
• Periodic elections Periodic elections
• Independent means of propaganda Independent means of propaganda
• Rule of law Rule of law
• Decentralization of power Decentralization of power
• Pluralistic character nof society

6. DEMOCRACY
• After discuss the above, points of democracy, we come to know that the democracy
form of come to know that the democracy form of government is the best form of the
government in government is the best form of the government in which the country will
develop to the great developed which the country will develop to the great developed
country of the world, the country country of the world, the country where there is where
there is equal rights for all mankind, abundance of equal rights for all mankind,
abundance of
• food, availability of shelter and other necessaries of food, availability of shelter and
other necessaries of life, the country where is the rule of law and the rule life, the
country where is the rule of law and the rule of the poor people of the country. If these
countries of the poor people of the country. If these countries with democratic form of
government, full fill the with democratic form of government, full fill the above
requirements of the life, than this nation will above requirements of the life, than this
nation will become a developed nation of the world become a developed nation of the
world.

7. DEMOCRACY