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“Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less.”

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The average American is nothing if not patriotic.

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The national school is not a lecture hall or a library. Its schooling consists chiefly in experimental collective action aimed at the realization of…

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The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the…

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If it be true that democracy is based upon the assumption that every man shall serve his fellow man, the organization of democracy should…

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When the Promise of American life is conceived as a national ideal, whose fulfillment is a matter of artful and laborious work, the effect…

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The combination of Federalism and Republicanism which formed the substance of the system, did not constitute a progressive and formative political principle, but it…

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When Jefferson and the Republicans rallied to the Union and to the existing Federalist organization, the fabric of traditional American democracy was almost completely…

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The years between 1800 and 1825 were distinguished, so far as our domestic development was concerned, by the growth of the Western pioneer Democracy…

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The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of…

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The only fruitful promise of which the life of any individual or any nation can be possessed, is a promise determined by an ideal.

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Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised.

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Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith.

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The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.

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The Republicans do not look on the Democrats as the evil empire.

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If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing?

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