democracy

And the essential value and power of Democracy consists in this,—that it combines, as far as possible, power and organization ; THE SPIRIT, MANHOOD, is at one with THE BODY, ORGANIZATION. [....] Democracy is Government by the People.

Of course, the Russians think it is something else because they say the Russians have a democracy and it is plain that their government is not what the Americans regard as a democracy.

The United States was founded as a republic, not a democracy.

As states of the human spirit democracy, righteousness, and faith have much in common and may be cultivated by the same means...