Charming Words

Democracy [dih-mok-ruh-see]

- noun

1.  Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system

2.  A state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.

Image:  Capitol Dome from 3rd Street, SE, DC by Troy Plair.