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Insistence upon Individual Freedom It should be clear by this point that democracy can thrive only in an atmosphere of individual freedom.Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once had this to say about the relative nature of each individual’s rights: “The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.”The authority of government must be adequate to the needs of society.

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It is a matter of compromise in order to find the position most acceptable to the
is the process of blending and adjusting competing views and interests.
Compromise is an essential part of the democratic concept for two major reasons.

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Worth of a Nation  -              1.Each individual, no matter what his or her station in life, is a separate and distinct being.

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Worth of a Nation  -              1.Each individual, no matter what his or her station in life, is a separate and distinct being.

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2.People can be forced to do certain things whether they want to or not.
3.This concept of the dignity and worth of the individual is of overriding importance in democratic thought

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1.That is, the democratic concept of equality holds that no person should be held back for any such arbitrary reasons as those based on race, color, religion, or gender.
2.Equality means that every person is entitled to (1) equality of opportunity and (2) equality before the law
3.It holds, with Jefferson, that “all men are created equal.”

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1. The Democratic process is a search for satisfactory solutions for public problems.

2. Democracy also recognizes that seldom is any solution to a public problem so satisfactory that it cannot be improved upon, and that circumstances can change over time.

3.Thus, democracy requires majority rule restrained by minority rights.

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worth of individual Democracy -is firmly based upon a belief in the fundamental importance of the individual. Each individual, no matter what his or her station in life, is a separate and distinct being.

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1.It is clear, however, that we are still a considerable distance from a genuine, universally recognized and respected equality for all of America’s people.

2.the democratic concept of equality holds that no person should be held back for any such arbitrary reasons as those based on race, color, religion, or gender.

3.the democratic concept of equality means that every person is entitled to (1) equality of opportunity and (2) equality before the law.

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Equality of all Persons-1.Rather, the democratic concept of equality means that every person is entitled to (1) equality of opportunity and (2) equality before the law. 

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Equality of all Persons-1.Rather, the democratic concept of equality means that every person is entitled to (1) equality of opportunity and (2) equality before the law. 

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2. It is clear, however, that we are still a considerable distance from a genuine, universally recognized and respected equality for all of America’s people.
3.Certainly, democracy does not imply an equality of condition for all persons.

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1. It is a matter of compromise in order to find the position most acceptable to the largest number.

2. First, remember that democracy puts the individual first and, at the same time, insists that each individual is the equal of all others.
3. Remember, compromise is a process, a way of achieving majority agreement.

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Majority rules , Minority Rights
Democracy holds that a majority will be right more often than it will be wrong, and that the majority will also be right more often than any one person or small group will.
Democracy does admit the possibility of mistakes; there is the possibility that “wrong” or less satisfactory answers will sometimes be found. Democracy also recognizes that seldom is any solution to a public problem so satisfactory that it cannot be improved upon, and that circumstances can change over time.

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In a democracy, the will of the people and not the dictate of the ruling few determines public policy. Democracy holds that a majority will be right more often than it will be wrong, and that the majority will also be right more often than any one person or small group will.  In fact, the democratic process is not meant to come up with “right” or “best” answers. Rather, the democratic process is a search for satisfactory solutions to public problems.

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1. In a democracy, public decision making must be largely a matter of give-and-take among the various competing interests.
2. It is a matter of compromise in order to find the position most acceptable to the largest number.
3. Compromise is a process, a way of achieving majority agreement.

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Worth of the Individual - Every person in this world is important and entitled to them selves. Democrats is basically about the people and their beliefs. No matter what race or age you are, everyone is separate and different. 

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Worth of the Individual - Every person in this world is important and entitled to them selves. Democrats is basically about the people and their beliefs. No matter what race or age you are, everyone is separate and different. 