To Reject The Word Is To Reject

Of The Many Things We Have Done To Democracy In The Past, The Worst Has Been The Indignity Of Taking It For Granted.

Either Men Will Learn To Live Like Brothers, Or They Will Die Like Beasts.

The So-called Lessons Of History Are For The Most Part The Rationalizations Of The Victors. History Is Written By The Survivors.

Next To The Striking Of Fire And The Discovery Of The Wheel, The Greatest Triumph Of What We Call Civilization Was The Domestication Of The Human Male.

Meiklejohn's Position Is That Free Speech In A Democracy Is Not An Absolute Flowing From The Boundless Source Of Some Presumed 'natural Right.' It Is A Practical Necessity Of 'self-government By Universal Suffrage,' For If The Citizens Are Not Permitted To Argue Out The Issues Of Government, How Can They Be What They Must Be In A Democracy - The Rulers As Well As The Ruled?