"Democracy and liberty are not the same.
Democracy is little more than mob rule,
while liberty refers to the sovereignty of the individual."
by:
Walter E. Williams
(1936-2020) Columnist, Professor of Economics at George Mason University
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 -- jim, Torrance, calif      
A great start ! ! !
 -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    Kudos to great and wise Walter E. Williams!
     -- Mary - MI     
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    If Williams or Thomas Sowell would run for president I would gladly vote for either.
     -- jim k, austin tx     
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     -- Robert, St. Emilion, France      
    Astute in its simplicity... But difficult in implementation!
     -- Joe Auser, Dallas     
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     -- Ron w13, Or      
     -- Mary-MI      
    Further, we hold this truth to be self evident ! ! !
     -- Mike,, Norwalk     
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    The advocate of democracy and liberty are one and the same. The authentic advocate of democracy is a listener of reasonable explanations and a practitioner of reasonable practices, and a supporter of reasonable explanations and practices. 
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Liberty must also follow a course of reasonable explanations and reasonable practices to be acknowledged as sane.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Sillik, liberty does not exist by or need acknowledgements — liberty is liberty
     -- Mike,, Norwalk     
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    Mike,, Norwalk, actions must be justified. Universal acknowledgement must be all pervasive so understanding of the agreed conditions will allow cohesive harmony.  We must have understanding.  
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Sillik, what does justifying actions have to do with liberty? The answer: "NOTHING" ! ! !   Liberty is Liberty — by definition. I've supplied you with the definition of "liberty" on this blog a multiple of times. No where in the definition of "liberty" does personal justification show up.
     -- Mike,, Norwalk     
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    You must display appropriate behavior. You have no freedom to kill, rape, and rob. You must display decent, honest, sincere, principled, behavior. You have no justification to misrepresent circumstances in the typical pattern that conventional behavioral traits reveal. 
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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