While modern Americans define the concept of "democracy" in terms of the United States government, the word can be used to cover a range of governmental forms. ... Aristotle in his Politics, agrees with this decision, and comments that Solon "gave people only the necessary minimum of power" (41). ... The idea that a democratic entity would exert control over others for purely selfish reasons seems contradictory to democratic principles. ...

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