Democracies

Examples

• Nor do we know if the methods of election used for the Soviets are any improvement upon the unsatisfactory methods in use in the Atlantic democracies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is characteristic of these primitive democracies that they worship Man and distrust men. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Athens, it must be understood, was by far the largest of all the Greek city democracies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It always seems curious to watch the satisfaction of some reform magazines when China or Turkey or Persia imitates the constitutional forms of Western democracies. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Some democracies (Athens and Miletus, _e. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There were in the Greek democracies parties and party leaders, but no regular government in office and no regular opposition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Well, he said, have you never heard that forms of government differ; there are tyrannies, and there are democracies, and there are aristocracies? Plato. The Republic.
• The Western democracies, as they woke up to freedom, discovered themselves imperial, and were considerably embarrassed by the discovery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Jealous of all individuals, democracies have turned to machines. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Those portions of America where there are voting booths but no schools cannot possibly be described as democracies. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

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