It is worth recalling that representative democracy is rule by the people.

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Tunisia, for example, now seems the most likely candidate to make a successful transition from authoritarian rule to truly representative government.

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Reduced to their essence, the endangered order can be defined as a government of, by and for all the people, one rooted in the principle that power must be exercised, pursuant to the rule of law, in representative and accountable ways.

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The influence over federal money enjoyed by Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Charlie Rangel, now that the Democrats rule Congress, will help.

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"There cannot be a rule that says if you have a representative on the board, you can't make a bid for the company, " said Lawrence Hamermesh, a professor at Delaware's Widener University School of Law.

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Unlike states that began as British colonies with some representative government, democracy bypassed Louisiana under French and Spanish rule.

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Those sceptical of referendums agree that popular sovereignty, majority rule and consulting voters are the basic building blocks of democracy, but believe that representative democracy achieves these goals much better than referendums.

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