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.

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.

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 is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

And wrinkles, the d--d democrats, won't flatter.

And wrinkles, the d--d democrats, won't flatter.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the read more

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

Thus our democracy was from an early period the most
aristocratic, and our aristocracy the most democratic.

Thus our democracy was from an early period the most
aristocratic, and our aristocracy the most democratic.

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.

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.