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Elmer Eric Schattschneider on Democracy

1892–1971 United States

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Democracy is a political system for people who are not sure that they are right.

Two Hundred Million Americans in Search of a Government (1969)

Democracy begins as an act of imagination about people. For this reason democracy is a doctrine of social criticism.

Two Hundred Million Americans in Search of a Government (1969)

People who do not know what government is are not likely to know what democracy is either, for democracy is only what the soft inside of the oyster looks like.

Two Hundred Million Americans in Search of a Government (1969)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elmer Eric Schattschneider (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.