“Instruct democracy if possible to reanimate its beliefs,<\/p>\n
to purify its motives, to regulate its movements, to<\/p>\n
substitute little by little the science of affairs for its<\/p>\n
inexperience, and knowledge of its true instincts<\/p>\n
for its blind instincts; to adapt its government<\/p>\n
to time and place; to modify it according to circumstances<\/p>\n
and men: such is the first duty imposed on those<\/p>\n
who direct society in our day.”<\/p>\n
Alexis de Tocqueville.<\/p>\n
Excerpt from “On Democracy in America”,<\/p>\n
a lot said in just one paragraph, don;t you think?<\/p>\n
Islander.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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