by Matthew Bransgrove | Sep 16, 2015 | Democracy
Whenever it is necessary that one of several conflicting opinions should prevail and when one would have to be made to prevail by force if need be, it is less wasteful to determine which has the stronger support by counting numbers than by fighting. Democracy is the...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Sep 16, 2015 | Democracy
Every man and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government. They receive it with their being from the hand of nature. Individuals exercise it by their single will, collections of men by that of their majority. —Thomas Jefferson. Opinion on the...