Question

Read the passage from a speech given by the Athenian leader Pericles. Our constitution does not copy the laws of neighboring states; we are rather a pattern to be imitated than imitators ourselves. Its administration favors the many instead of the few; this is why it is called democracy. If we look to the laws, they afford equal justice to all in their private differences. . . . [C]lass considerations [are not] allowed to interfere with merit; nor again does poverty bar the way, if a man is able to serve the state, he is not hindered by the obscurity of his condition. Pericles claimed that the Athenian government, unlike other Greek city-states, favored its wealthy citizens. kept poor people from serving the state. imitated the laws of its neighbors. treated all its people fairly regardless of class.

Answer 1

Pericles believes that democracy is a unique concept created by Athenians. He also says that other city-states want to copy Athens’s ideas. He believes that democracy benefits many kinds of people rather than benefiting only a small segment of people. Democracy doesn’t discriminate between the rich and the poor.

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Answer 2

equality for all citizens