The following discussion expands on the philosophy that animates our mission. Exercising this responsibility means participating in the process of maintaining government to best suit the changing needs of the people. If we don't use democratic tools to run our society, the result cannot be a democratic society. If even one citizen decides that it is too much trouble to participate in public decisions, then our society becomes a little less democratic.
Government is the agreements by which people live together.
Some form of government exists even between two people. Government exists even when these agreements are not written down. In reality, there can never be any separation between a people and their government. Thus a majority that lets a minority impose its will cannot escape responsibility for that government. The essence of a democratic government is universal access to the means of changing the agreements by which the people live together.