"Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."
by:
Reinhold Niebuhr
(1892-1971)
Source:
The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness, 1944
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 -- Anonymous     
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    Democracy is rule by majority. As if 90% of people finding murder acceptable makes it okay to kill your neighbor. Murder is not justified by a democracy. This concept is socialist.
     -- Joe, Rochester, MI     
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