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> [The real strength of democracy is that anyone who is not specifically against it must ultimately be for it, while communism suffers from the great tactical liability that anyone who is not specifically for it is eventually forced to oppose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-o-reischauer/the-real-strength-of-democracy-is-that-anyone-who-is-not-specifically/)

Edwin O. Reischauer

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## More by Edwin O. Reischauer

> [The real strength of democracy is that anyone who is not specifically against it must ultimately be for it, while communism suffers from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-o-reischauer/the-real-strength-of-democracy-is-that-anyone-who-is-not-specifically/)

Edwin O. Reischauer

> [Hangeul is perhaps the most scientific system of writing in general use in any country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-o-reischauer/hangeul-is-perhaps-the-most-scientific-system-of-writing-in-general/)

Edwin O. Reischauer

> [Absolutely delightful, at first for its unspoiled picture of late-nineteenth-century Japan as seen through the eyes of three remarkable but very different Americans, \[the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-o-reischauer/absolutely-delightful-at-first-for-its-unspoiled-picture-of-late/)

Edwin O. Reischauer

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