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And wrinkles, the d--d democrats, won't flatter.
And wrinkles, the d--d democrats, won't flatter.
 Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only 
demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for 
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 Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only 
demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for 
ourselves. 
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
 Of democracy, only the shoemaker can make
the shoe. Only the wearer can
tell if it fits.  
 Of democracy, only the shoemaker can make
the shoe. Only the wearer can
tell if it fits. 
You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to read more
You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.
 Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's 
inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.  
 Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's 
inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. 
 Caesarism is democracy without liberty.
 [Fr., Le Cesarisme, c'est la democratie sans la liberte.]  
 Caesarism is democracy without liberty.
 [Fr., Le Cesarisme, c'est la democratie sans la liberte.] 
 Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious 
liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy.  
 Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious 
liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy.