Where do we originally get the idea for direct democracy from?

50 points plz ! explain how this quote "choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." - confucius is consistent with the beliefs of one of the ancient chinese philosophies

In italy, the distance between milan in the north and palermo,sicily, in the south is about 550 miles. in the united states, the distance betweenboston, massachusetts, and savannah, georgia, is about 900 miles. do you think the american revolutionaries of 1776 in the 13 colonies faced some of the same challenges as the patriots who struggled for italian unity in the 1860s?  

Acivilization reaches its high point during its stage. a)birth b)growing pains c)adulthood d)senior