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It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.
It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.
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.
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.
The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management read more
The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.
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.
You get fifteen Democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions
You get fifteen Democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions
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.
For poets (bear the word)
Half-poets even, are still whole democrats.
For poets (bear the word)
Half-poets even, are still whole democrats.
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. . . .