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In other words, A the government must be dependent on, and responsive to, the
changes of public opinion. More closely, each successive administration is voted
into office by an election or series of elections at which the people freely express
...
In other words, A the government must be dependent on, and responsive to, the
changes of public opinion. More closely, each successive administration is voted
into office by an election or series of elections at which the people freely express
...
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Wherever opinion is curbed, wherever propaganda - is monopolized, wherever
government can manipulate elections, - wherever a considerable portion of the
people either are not allowed to vote at all or are prevented by the fear of ...
Wherever opinion is curbed, wherever propaganda - is monopolized, wherever
government can manipulate elections, - wherever a considerable portion of the
people either are not allowed to vote at all or are prevented by the fear of ...
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C H A P T E R E L E V E N ELECTIONS UNDER THE SOVIET SYSTEM. Nothing
witnesses more clearly to the wilful, though sometimes also naive, parody of
democracy exhibited in communist countries than the “unanimity” or approach to
...
C H A P T E R E L E V E N ELECTIONS UNDER THE SOVIET SYSTEM. Nothing
witnesses more clearly to the wilful, though sometimes also naive, parody of
democracy exhibited in communist countries than the “unanimity” or approach to
...
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Contents
Our Neglected Heritage | 3 |
Liberty Equality and Fraternity | 12 |
The Rule of the People | 22 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Ramparts We Guard Weil lectures on American citizenship |
| Authors | Robert Morrison MacIver, Robert Morrison Mac Iver |
| Edition | 3, reprint |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 152 pages |
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