Assertion: democracy | /r/DefinedAs | a government of the people
Facets:
value: by the people
type: OTHER
value: for the people
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Democracy can also be defined as a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
text: A republic is defined as a political system in which the supreme power is vested upon the citizenry that is entitled to vote for its representatives and officers responsible to them, while a democracy is defined as a government of the people and by the people exercised through elected or direct representative.