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Robert A. Dahl Quotes
Page 1 of 1Robert A. Dahl
December 17, 1915 -
Nationality: American
Category: Writer
Subcategory: American Writer
|  Glorious as it had been, the city-state was obsolete. | | 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. | | Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discovered. | | Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves. | | The future of that ancient chamber remains in considerable doubt. | | Require... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votes. |
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