Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves Robert A. Dahl More Quotes by Robert A. Dahl More Quotes From Robert A. Dahl If democracy is justified in governing the state,then it must also be justified in governing economic enterprises, and to say that it is not justified in governing economic enterprises is to imply that it is not justified in governing the state. Robert A. Dahl economicjustifieddemocracy Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discovered Robert A. Dahl taking-things-for-grantedgranted Require... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votes Robert A. Dahl popular-voteproportionvote 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. Robert A. Dahl tyrantsdemocracymen Ironically, the very fact that democracy has such a lengthy history has actually contributed to confusion and disagreement, for 'democracy' has meant different things to different people at different times and places. Robert A. Dahl thingsdemocracyhistorypeople The future of that ancient chamber remains in considerable doubt. Robert A. Dahl remainsancientfuturedoubt Glorious as it had been, the city-state was obsolete. Robert A. Dahl hadbeengloriousobsolete
