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Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves
Robert A. Dahl
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If democracy is justified in governing the state,then it must also be justified in governing economic enterprises, and to say that it is not justified in governing economic enterprises is to imply that it is not justified in governing the state.
Robert A. Dahl
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Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discovered
Robert A. Dahl
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Require... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votes
Robert A. Dahl
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As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth century.
Robert A. Dahl