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! style="font-size:120%; background:lightgreen; text-align:center; padding:5px 0;" |The credo of democratic [[Europe]]
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| style="padding:15px;" |''"[[Jesus]], not [[Caesar]] — this is the credo of democratic Europe"''
<div style="padding-left:40px;">— T.G. Masaryk<ref name="Masaryk">{{cite book |author=Bohumil Sláma |title=Zapomenutý prorok Tomáš G. Masaryk |publisher=Atelier Sláma |place=Brno |year=2010 |pages=75 |isbn=978-8025-484333 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ZkUHaAEACAAJ |quote= |language=Czech}}</ref>
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'''Democracy''' is a form of [[government]] made successful by [[Christian]] [[culture]]s. The origin of the term is [[Greek]], from the words ''demos'' (people) and ''kratos'' (strength). Although many forms of government fall under this broad classification, the defining characteristic of a democracy is that the [[citizenry]] of a [[nation]] directly or indirectly exercise [[sovereignty]], unlike [[autocracy]]. There has never been a lasting democracy in an [[atheistic]] culture.
'''Democracy''' is a form of [[government]] made successful by [[Christian]] [[culture]]s. The origin of the term is [[Greek]], from the words ''demos'' (people) and ''kratos'' (strength). Although many forms of government fall under this broad classification, the defining characteristic of a democracy is that the [[citizenry]] of a [[nation]] directly or indirectly exercise [[sovereignty]], unlike [[autocracy]]. There has never been a lasting democracy in an [[atheistic]] culture.