Greek Democracy Vs American Government

America wasn’t the first to have and use democracy, but actually it was first used in Greece, The birthplace of democracy. Even though Greece used democracy first it was still amazing how it was being used many years later in different places especially in the American government as an influence. Like the people of Greece and rome they created a government with balance, human rights, and a free government. While different when the Greeks and Romans used it the American government had found ways to balance itself so that they don't have too much power like king George the third. According to Aristotle ¨ govern with a view to the common interest¨. Aristotle believed that a government shouldn't do things that helps and affects certain individuals, but to all people under that government. This is important for america and the founding fathers because a balanced government shouldn´t have all the power, but to have branches of power all checking each other. The founding fathers used the wisdom from Aristotle to create a government with balance with individual freedoms. The founding fathers made a government that unlike the government of Great britain had actual human rights. According to Plato ¨I replied, would you say that a city which is governed by a tyrant is free or enslaved? No city, he said, can be more

According to Aristotle ¨tyranny is a kind of monarchy, which has in view the interest of the monarch only; …. Tyranny, as I was saying, is monarchy exercising the rule of a master over the political society....¨. This quote is saying that a non- free government is a bad government because it's a place ruled by one rulers ideals and nobody has anything to do with what he does. It is important to the country because a free government should be open to every ideal good or bad and no one ruler or tyrant but someone that will listen to the