Athens Quote by Robert A. Dahl
“As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth century.”
“As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth century.”
![“[M]ore than they wanted freedom, the Athenians wanted security. Yet they lost everything-security, comfort, and freedom. This was because they wanted not to give to society, but for society to give to them. The freedom they were seeking was freedom from responsibility. It is no wonder, then, that…” quote by Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/12b/margaret-thatcher-463_athenians_m-ore-than-they-wanted-freedom-the-athen_3205501.jpg)
