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... words we use to express the essentials of democracy are heavy with misleading overtones . The French Revolution proclaimed the inauguration of democracy as the reign of liberty , equality , and fraternity . The words had a wonderful ...
... words we use to express the essentials of democracy are heavy with misleading overtones . The French Revolution proclaimed the inauguration of democracy as the reign of liberty , equality , and fraternity . The words had a wonderful ...
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... words of Hitler or the words of , say , the Nazi apologist Othmar Spann , that “ liberty , in positive terms , is not doing what I please but doing what I ought to do . " Whenever men seek to condone the killing of liberty they point in ...
... words of Hitler or the words of , say , the Nazi apologist Othmar Spann , that “ liberty , in positive terms , is not doing what I please but doing what I ought to do . " Whenever men seek to condone the killing of liberty they point in ...
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... words in the political vocabulary . The word " equality " furnishes an excellent illustration . In the political context equality is asserted as a right , as a de- mand , not as a fact . In other words it is a claim that existing ...
... words in the political vocabulary . The word " equality " furnishes an excellent illustration . In the political context equality is asserted as a right , as a de- mand , not as a fact . In other words it is a claim that existing ...
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Our Neglected Heritage | 3 |
Liberty Equality and Fraternity | 12 |
The Rule of the People | 22 |
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