Robert A. Dahl Quotes

#1. 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

#2. Glorious as it had been, the city-state was obsolete.

Robert A. Dahl

#3. The future of that ancient chamber remains in considerable doubt.

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#4. democratic theory is concerned with processes by which ordinary citizens exert a relatively high degree of control over leaders;

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#5. 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.

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#6. 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.

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#7. Require ... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votes.

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#8. Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discovered.

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#9. Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves.

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