“Two basic norms have preserved America’s checks and balances in ways we have come to take for granted: mutual toleration, or the understanding that competing parties accept one another as legitimate rivals, and forbearance, or the idea that politicians should… — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
“This is how we tend to think of democracies dying: at the hands of men with guns.” — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
“A quarrel had arisen between the Horse and the Stag, so the Horse came to a Hunter to ask his help to take revenge… — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
“the fundamental problem facing American democracy remains extreme partisan division—one fueled not just by policy differences but by deeper sources of resentment, including racial… — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
“prodemocratic parties can avoid all alliances with antidemocratic parties and candidates.” — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
“But there is another way to break a democracy. It is less dramatic but equally destructive. Democracies may die at the hands not of… — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
“Two basic norms have preserved America’s checks and balances in ways we have come to take for granted: mutual toleration, or the understanding that… — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
“But now we find ourselves turning to our own country. Over the past two years, we have watched politicians say and do things that… — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
“These two norms undergirded American democracy for most of the twentieth century. Leaders of the two major parties accepted one another as legitimate and… — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
“Democracies may die at the hands not of generals but of elected leaders—presidents or prime ministers who subvert the very process that brought them… — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
“Yet, we worry. American politicians now treat their rivals as enemies, intimidate the free press, and threaten to reject the results of elections.” — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
“Is our democracy in danger? It is a question we never thought we’d be asking. We have been colleagues for fifteen years, thinking, writing,… — Steven Levitsky Copy Share Image
