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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.
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, read more
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility.
In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility.
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
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.
At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little
man, walking into the little booth, read more
At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little
man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making
a little cross on a little bit of paper. . . .
It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.
It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
