1. Democracy
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2. Agenda
 Introduction
 What is Democracy
 Benefits of Democracy
 Less violence
 Conclusion

3. Introduction
 Democracy means people-power or rule by the
people. The idea came from the ancient Greeks
who combined the words demos (people)
and krates (rule) to create the term.

4. What is Democracy?
 Democracy is a form of government where all eligible
citizens have an equality in the decisions that affect their
lives.
 According to Abraham Lincon Democracy means a
government elected of the people, for the people, to the
people
 In a democratic government, the people's views
influence the laws and decisions made by the
government.

5. Democracy is accountable form
of government
 Democracy improves the quality of decision making
 Democracy enhances the dignity of citizens
 Democracy provides a method to deal with Differences
and conflicts

6. Democracy in ancient times
 An autocratic system of government is a type of
government where one person or small group make all
the decisions on behalf of the people of the state.
 Citizens of the state have no say in influencing
decisions.

7. Benefits of democracies
 The main benefit of democracy is that every adult
person regardless of race, religious belief or gender has
the same political rights as each other.
 People living in a democratic society are protected from
oppression by laws and limits on governmental power.
 Democratic governments put laws into place to protect
their citizens and to ensure a safe and fair society.

8. Less violence
 More democracy leads to less internal violence
 People are given chance to change those who are in
power or can change policies which they disagree.
 This makes it preferable to a system where political
change takes place through violence.

9. Conclusion
 Democracies allow for information to be more readily
available to the public.
 People have more freedoms and rights in democracies.
 True democracy will come to a country when no one
goes hungry to bed.