The Limits of Pure Democracy (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Limits of Pure Democracy (Classic Reprint) written by W. H. Mallock and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Limits of Pure Democracy Let us now consider what these definitions come to, beginning with the first and most famous of them. This definition consists of three separate statements firstly, that Democracy is government of the people; secondly, that it is government for the people; and, thirdly, that it is government by the people. It is obvious that the first purports to enunciate something which, however profound, can at once be grasped by everybody; whilst the second adds something more pro found and distinctive still, and that both lead up to the cumulative profundity of the last. Let us ask, then, what intelligible meaning can be possibly read into each. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.