Quote from Sidney Hook 

"One of the central assumptions of the concept of democracy, perhaps its most central assumption, is that by and large human beings are better judges of their own interests…. The operating maxim of the democratic ideology is, “Whoever wears the shoe knows best where it pinches.”"

Quote by:
Sidney Hook
(1902-1989) American, former Marxist philosopher/professor turned Democratic Socialist, CIA operative, recipient of 1985 Presidential Medal of Freedom from Reagan
Source:
Political Power and Personal Freedom, 1959
 
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