Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy.

Since the days of Greece and Rome, when the word 'citizen' was a title of honor, we have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities.

The first principle of democratic government: Respect the people.

The most significant civil rights problem is voting. Each citizen's right to vote is fundamental to all the other rights of citizenship and the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 make it the responsibility of the Department of Justice to protect that right.

Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.

What is at stake is not the provincial council elections, but democracy.