How do some of these democratic ideas continue to show up in American politics today?

"What democracy means to me is a government obeying our Constitution and staying out of individual citizens' personal lives. This means allowing citizens to make their own decisions for their own personal lives, making mistakes and all."We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.