Quote Originally Posted by johnboy View Post
I take it you're being facetious?

Didn't the ancient Greeks and Romans have some input into democracy too?

And wasn't New Zealand the first country to introduce Universal Suffrage?

Probably should have clarified it's the cradle of our democracy. Put into perspective, we only have about 250 years of history free of British rule, and only about 500 years from the first non-native Americans setting foot on the soil so we're the kids on the block....