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Meaning of Abraham Lincoln definition on democracy​

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Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the USA and has his own definition on democracy that is "Government of the people, by the people, for the people".

According to Abraham Lincoln, people of the country comes first before any government officials and they are superior as well as most important pillars of the democracy. So he said "Government of the people" means government is made of people which come from the common people without any biasness; "by the people" means to choose a government will be the decision of people of the country and no one else; and "for the people" means government will always take decisions in the favor of its people.

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