The passage below has gaps numbers Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.
The superiority of democracy over other forms of government has long been established.
From its Greek origins the term `democracy' has been defined as a political __6__ based on fair representation and liberty for the individual.
The _7_ of liberty and equitable representation are rooted in the definition given by Aristotle of Greek about 2500 years ago.
In the words of Aristotle, " the basis of democratic _8 _ is liberty. Aristotle also emphasized the democratic _9_ of 'freedom based on equity'.
More than 2000 years after Aristotle, the tenets of liberty, justice, and equitable representation continue to _10_ .
From the time of the Greek city states to the emergence of the modern nation states, the fundamentals of democratic rule have remained universal _11_ .
In the western hemisphere, revolutionary struggles were waged to enthrone democracy over _12_ rules.
Among these were the American Revolution of 1776, the French Revolution of 1789 and the Haitian Revolution of 1804, the first of such projects to be _13_ by a black nation.
The American President Abraham Lincoln, in the famous Gettysburg Address _14_ the essential features of democratic _15_ when he defined democracy as a government of the people, by the people, for the people.
A. principles B. examples C. purposes D. statements
