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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 ...
... 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 ...
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... word " unanimity " has become one of the major mask- words of the Soviet tyrants . So long as the appearance of una- nimity is maintained , i.e. , so long as their terror is potent enough to maintain it , they blandly call it the voice ...
... word " unanimity " has become one of the major mask- words of the Soviet tyrants . So long as the appearance of una- nimity is maintained , i.e. , so long as their terror is potent enough to maintain it , they blandly call it the voice ...
Contents
Our Neglected Heritage | 3 |
Liberty Equality and Fraternity | 12 |
The Rule of the People | 22 |
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