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majority parties, even where, as in Germany, nearly all the agencies of influence
and of prestige were on the other side. In the United States and in England the
people have put into office on several occasions the party that had the weight of ...
majority parties, even where, as in Germany, nearly all the agencies of influence
and of prestige were on the other side. In the United States and in England the
people have put into office on several occasions the party that had the weight of ...
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In a democracy "the vulgar" do not form a party, opposed by a losing party of the "
non-vulgar." Policies are not made that way nor legislators elected. Sometimes in
a democracy a boss or demagogue, an uncultured tough spoilsman who sells ...
In a democracy "the vulgar" do not form a party, opposed by a losing party of the "
non-vulgar." Policies are not made that way nor legislators elected. Sometimes in
a democracy a boss or demagogue, an uncultured tough spoilsman who sells ...
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The pattern of exclusion had hardened during the presidency of Taft, and the
coming to power of the Democratic party under Wilson made the situation rather
worse than before. Negroes were shut off from all except menial or custodial jobs.
The pattern of exclusion had hardened during the presidency of Taft, and the
coming to power of the Democratic party under Wilson made the situation rather
worse than before. Negroes were shut off from all except menial or custodial jobs.
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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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