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Democracy rests on reverence for the common man, not on pity for him

Drawn from what G. K. Chesterton said

Subjectdemocracy
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democracy Elections, the losers accepting them, and the rules that keep power answerable to voters.

What G. K. Chesterton actually said

  1. G. K. Chesterton English writer and Christian apologist (1874 to 1936)
    Democracy is not founded on pity for the common man; democracy is founded on reverence for the common man, or, if you will, even on fear of him.

    Where this was said

    ↗Heretics (1905)gutenberg.org

    c. 1905

    All 20 korrents from this piecethis one is 18th

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