To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process.
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If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
For every prohibition you create you also create an underground.
For every prohibition you create you also create an underground.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
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A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.
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Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others the submissiveness of sheep.
Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
