The idea of Democracy has existed in the tradition of Western political thought since ancient times. The term ‘democracy’ was first used in the fifth century BC by the Greek historian Herodotus in the sense of ‘rule by the people’. This term is derived from a combination of two Greek words: demos, meaning ‘the people’, and kratien, meaning ‘to rule’. Democracy is not merely a form of government; it is also a form of state as well as society. It is closely associated with participation, competition, and civil and political liberties. Abraham Lincoln’s famous definition of democracy as ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’ is very close to its literal meaning. Democracy is the Political Empowerment of the People. Democracy originally meant “rule by the people.” An important component of democracy in its original formulation was the ideal of the citizens’ direct participation in the legislative and political decision-making process. Democracy is an idea. It is developed as an analytic concept, a normative ideal, a political presentation, and an empirical description. It’s meaning slide among these usages. The idea of democracy is real in its far reaching consequences. In short, democracy as a form of government implies that the ultimate authority of governance in this system is vested in the ordinary people so that public policy as made to conform to the will of the people and to serve the interests of the people.