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Democracy exists to settle conflicting claims of conscience by means other than decree or force
Drawn from what Kathryn Schulz said
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- Kathryn Schulz American journalist and author
It is the point of democracy to adjudicate among such conflicting claims through some means other than fiat or force, but Thoreau was not interested in that process.
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