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“Is it possible that we ‘hate’ politics because we have forgotten its specific and limited nature, its overwhelming value, and also its innate fragility? Could it be that our expectations are so hig...”
“Political cynicism, disengagement, democratic decadence — call it what you will — is too often an excuse for physical and intellectual laziness.”
“Mrs. Cole was a perfect democrat. She hated all kids equally.”
“In a democracy the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional but must be maintained because it is indispensable.”
“If you want to understand democracy spend less time in the library with Plato and more time in the buses with people.”
“Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.”
“People often say that in a democracy decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a...”
“Democracy means government by the uneducated while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.”
“The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.”
“What men value in the world is not rights but privileges.”
“As I would not be a slave so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”
“Democracy is the government of the people by the people for the people.”
“While democracy must have its organization and controls its vital breath is individual liberty.”
“It's not the voting that's democracy it's the counting.”
