And the third assumption is that man likes peace and will usually prefer to reach his goals in a peaceful manner. For instance, if someone wants to become Prime Minister, the assumption is that if he is following democratic principles, he will accept the need for elections and voting and be prepared to abide by the other basic democratic concepts. There are ten basic pillars of democracy, but it is very important for you to understand that all democratic societies might be strong in some respects and weak in others. If we look at American society, for example, we cannot say that it is an absolutely democratic society. At the same time, we cannot say, for instance, that Jordan, nor Syria, nor Iraq, are absolute dictatorships.
Nothing is absolute.
Basically, however, when we want to judge a system and determine its level of democracy, we can refer to these ten basic pillars, which, according to politically scientists, form the basis of democracy. The assumption is that a free person can be more active and creative. We are not talking about freedom as an absolute value. Thus, freedom has limits, i.e., where you start hurting others, or where their freedom starts. Freedom covers political and religious freedom.