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Page 96
Communist propagandists have sedulously proclaimed the democratic merits of
their system. With Stalin they point to the Soviet Constitution of 1936 as the most
democratic the world has known. They call their system the people's republic, the
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Communist propagandists have sedulously proclaimed the democratic merits of
their system. With Stalin they point to the Soviet Constitution of 1936 as the most
democratic the world has known. They call their system the people's republic, the
...
Page 98
They call their states the "people's democracies," though the people have no
control whatever over their affairs. Lenin set the example, and it was followed by
Stalin, who declared that the Soviet Constitution of 1936 was the most democratic
...
They call their states the "people's democracies," though the people have no
control whatever over their affairs. Lenin set the example, and it was followed by
Stalin, who declared that the Soviet Constitution of 1936 was the most democratic
...
Page 99
The Soviet authority took thousands and thousands of these better buildings from
the exploiters straight away, and thus made a million times more democratic the
right of masses to assemble — the right of assembly without which democracy is
...
The Soviet authority took thousands and thousands of these better buildings from
the exploiters straight away, and thus made a million times more democratic the
right of masses to assemble — the right of assembly without which democracy is
...
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Contents
Our Neglected Heritage | 3 |
Liberty Equality and Fraternity | 12 |
Ill J The Rule of the People | 22 |
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| Title | The ramparts we guard |
| Author | Robert Morrison MacIver |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 29 Sep 2010 |
| Length | 152 pages |
| Subjects | Democracy |
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