Democracy

1. It is the line that forms on the right. Wait your turn. You need to follow directions. A Sense of orderly fashion.

2. It is the don’t in don’t shove. It’s about respect. About Patience. No pushing.

3. It is the hole in the stuffed shirt through which the sawdust slowly trickles. It is justice for wrongdoing.

4. It is the dent in the high hat. Democracy has high power. It can make big time decisions.

5. Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. We as people are the ones who are right most of the time.

6. It is the feeling of privacy in the voting booths, the feeling of communion in the

libraries, the feeling of vitality everywhere. Being a part of something that

contributes to how we make changes in everyday situations. A part of

something, which we can use to our benefits. A place where we can go and learn.

7. Democracy is a letter to the editor. It is something that can be