Question

‘Democracy is of the people, for the people and by the people’. Explain how people are the rulers in a democracy

Answer 1

Democracy is for the people as the government has to always think for the benefits of people or else, in the next elections they would not gain power.
It is of the people beacuse people themselves elect the rulers indirectly and they can get the government to rule according to them.
It is by the people beacuse people themselves elect the rulers indirectly.

Answer 2

A democracy is a system where people can change their rulers in a peaceful manner and the government is given the right to rule because the people say it may."[ 6] Origins of Democracy.