[swilhelm73]

Good speech, one question though, and just a minor point;

The government of the United States is the second in history to be based on the principle of popular sovereignty

I seem to recall that there were a number of classical Greek states (and Rome) with democratic governments, so could you elaborate on what you mean with this point?

[Congressman Billybob]

There were a number of city-states like Athens, for instance, which were called democracies. However in Athens only free, native-born, Athenian males were allowed to vote, so the franchise extended to about 10% of the population. Iceland was the only country to have a general franchise and elected governments without a king or other dictator, prior to the establishment of the US government.

John / Billybob