People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way.
George AikenLincoln's reference to government of the people, by the people, for the people is a generally satisfactory definition of democracy. I say generally because when it comes to fair and workable details, democracy fails to completely meet the criteria enunciated by Lincoln by a rather wide margin.
George Aiken