A small fact for Lou from Queens - the oldest democracy

Submitted by Andy (United Kingdom), Dec 8, 2005 at 10:25

You make some good points but from the illusion, which doesn't make a jot of difference to your arguments, the US is the oldest democracy in the world. England is surely the oldest, even if it didn't have the Bill of Rights and Constitution America did from its earliest days.

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