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Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discovered.

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Ironically, the very fact that democracy has such a lengthy history has actually contributed to confusion and disagreement, for 'democracy' has meant different things to different people at different times and places.

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The future of that ancient chamber remains in considerable doubt.

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Require... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votes.

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Glorious as it had been, the city-state was obsolete.

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Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: December 17th, 1915

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