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Although many people know of Ancient Greece, not many know about how their government was run. Sure, we have all seen the columns and heard of the great philosophers, that is often all we know of this culture. Most of us are not aware of how these illustrious ....

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.... without mimicking them exactly. We may acquire the basic idea of a law, but we change it to fit in with our existing principals. This allows us to take the best of what other countries have, without giving up our own independence. In Ancient Greece, their government ‘favored the many instead of the few’. We, too, have this philosophy. Our government is a democracy, which is the same system that the Greeks employed. A democracy benefits the country as a whole by allowing everyone to have an equal vote, as opposed to only letting the wealthy participate in government. In addition to letting the minority have the vote, the Greek government ....