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Our guarantees of liberty came from the constitution , " liberty comes from democracy . " 53 our dangers to Republican government assumes a high state of intelligence , politi- cal sense and public virtue on the part of the population .
Our guarantees of liberty came from the constitution , " liberty comes from democracy . " 53 our dangers to Republican government assumes a high state of intelligence , politi- cal sense and public virtue on the part of the population .
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56 Democracy has a whole set of institutions which are extra - legal , but they are the most powerful elements in it , they are the party or- ganization , the primary and the convention . These institutions oper- ate largely in secret ...
56 Democracy has a whole set of institutions which are extra - legal , but they are the most powerful elements in it , they are the party or- ganization , the primary and the convention . These institutions oper- ate largely in secret ...
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Democracy dreads executive power and weakens it by dividing it among independent officers . to this fear . Efficiency of administration is sacrificed b . The dogma of equality maintains that public office is a legiti- mate aspiration of ...
Democracy dreads executive power and weakens it by dividing it among independent officers . to this fear . Efficiency of administration is sacrificed b . The dogma of equality maintains that public office is a legiti- mate aspiration of ...
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