Do you know what "democracy" is about? A democracy has leaders who are elected by the people in a particular area through voting. The government belongs to all the people, not to any king, dictator, or small group. Democracy is based on the idea that citizens have the power and responsibility to select new leaders if the old leaders are not doing a good job. If there is freedom of speech and freedom of the press in a democratic country, each citizen can be informed about the potential leaders and can vote wisely. Taiwan is a democracy. So are the United States, the United Kingdom, and many other countries in the world. Currently, there are about 123 countries that say they have democratically elected leaders. Unfortunately, some countries that claim to be democratic are not in fact democracies. Having a democracy does not guarantee that the leaders of the government will do good things. During the years leaders are in power, they may decide to do bad things and the citizens may have a limited ability to stop them. The courts, legislature, or free press can often limit the damage being done by a bad leader. A democracy needs many honest and wise leaders as well as an educated and thoughtful people. A democracy also needs to grow and change in order to improve itself. Examples of mature and strong democracies can be found in Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand. An open and honest democracy is what most of the people in the world desire. Despite lies that may be told by bad leaders, people all over the world will continue to struggle for the healthy democracies that they deserve.
你知道「民主」是什麼嗎？民主政體的領導人是經由人民透過投票所選出。政府是屬於所有 人民，而非國王、獨裁者或任何小型集團。民主的概念是建立在，如果舊領導人沒辦法把事情做好，那麼人民就有權力和責任選出新的領導者。如果一個民主國家裡有言論與新聞自由，每個人民就可以充分了解每位候選領導人，並且明智地投票。 台灣是一個民主國家，美國、英國和世界上大多數的國家也是。目前約有123個國家自認擁有經民主制度所選出的領導人。但不幸的是，許多宣稱民主的國家，事實上並不民主。 擁有民主政體並不保證政府領導人就會做好事。在領導人執政期間，他們也可能決定做壞事，但人民在阻止這樣的事情上卻能力有限，只有法院、立法機關、院（議）長和新聞媒體能夠限制不好的領導人所造成的傷害。一個民主國家需要誠實、明智的領導人，以及受過良好教育和考慮周延的人民。為了有所進步，民主國家本身也必須成長並有所改變。我們可以在歐洲、北美、澳洲和紐西蘭看到一些成熟、強盛的民主國家典範。 一個開放誠信的民主國家是全球大多數人的渴望。儘管一些不好的領導人可能編織謊言來欺 騙人民，但全世界的人們仍會繼續為他們應得的健全民主國家而奮戰不懈。 | 
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