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Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought read more
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
And wrinkles, the d--d democrats, won't flatter.
And wrinkles, the d--d democrats, won't flatter.
A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the
world.
A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the
world.
It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.
It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions--it only
guarantees equality of opportunity.
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions--it only
guarantees equality of opportunity.
A republic properly understood is a sovereignty of justice, in
contradistinction to a sovereignty of will.
A republic properly understood is a sovereignty of justice, in
contradistinction to a sovereignty of will.
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.]
Communism is not the opposite of democracy. Communism and capitalism are economic systems. Democracy and totalitarianism
are political systems. There read more
Communism is not the opposite of democracy. Communism and capitalism are economic systems. Democracy and totalitarianism
are political systems. There are democratic communists
and totalitarian capitalists.
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.