Democracy
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Democracy is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitive elec
The Parthenon is considered a symbol of democracy.
Modern bust of Cleisthenes, known as "the father of Athenian democracy", on view at the Ohio Statehouse, Columbus, Ohio
Statue of Athena, the patron goddess of Athens, in front of the Austrian Parliament Building. Athena has been used as an international symbol of freedom and democracy since at least the late eighteenth century.
Magna Carta, 1215, England
Constitution
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A constitution, or supreme law, is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly det
Constitution of the Year XII (First French Empire)
Constitution of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1848
Detail from Hammurabi's stele shows him receiving the laws of Babylon from the seated sun deity.
A painting depicting George Washington at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 signing of the U.S. Constitution