Democracy

<p>Abraham Lincoln looked beyond the Constitution of his time to national laws and the spirit of the Declaration to reimagine our concept of government.</p>

<p>The first votes of the fledgling Virginia Assembly in 1619 marked the inception of the most important political development in American history — the rise of democracy.</p>

<p>The former foreign minister of Russia provides a unique look inside his country's leadership and reflects on the prospects for democracy there.</p>