Title: Democratic Values — Liberty, Equality, Justice [ushistory.org]
Headings: 1d. Democratic Values — Liberty, Equality, Justice
1d. Democratic Values — Liberty, Equality, Justice
Liberty and equality.
The Influence of the Enlightenment
Two Kinds of Balance

Content: 13. Comparative Political and Economic Systems a. Comparing Governments b. Comparing Economic Systems c. A Small, Small, World? 1d. Democratic Values — Liberty, Equality, Justice
Liberty and equality. These words represent basic values of democratic political systems, including that of the United States. Rule by absolute monarchs and emperors has often brought peace and order, but at the cost of personal freedoms. Democratic values support the belief that an orderly society can exist in which freedom is preserved. But order and freedom must be balanced. In the early days of the French revolution, the members of the third estate agreed to stick together in the face of opposition from the king and nobles. The "Tennis Court Oath" became the first step towards representative democracy in France.