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"If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama."
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"If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice."
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"A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb."
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"Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy."
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"Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men."
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"Democracy is probably the only discovery by mankind which mostly brought it only happiness."
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"If you believe in democracy, make arrangements to distribute property as widely as possible."
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"To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy."
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"Democracy is government by the people, for the people. Without the responsibility of the people, and without the involvement of the people - all you have left is GOVERNMENT."
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"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven."
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"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage."
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"Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution."
Leadership
"Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful."
Happiness
"Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment."
Happiness
"The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope."
Society
"The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology."
Science
"The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality."
Balance
"According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication."
Virtue
"Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power."
Power
"If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama."
Democracy
"The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service."
Service
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