Lagos — Democracy, as a form of government was defined by Abraham Lincoln, one of the most outstanding Presidents of the United States, as the government of the people by the people and for the people.
This characterization of politics made over two hundred years ago has remained the most widely accepted of all known definitions of democracy.
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