This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...States is a democracy under its proper name. Canada is a democracy masquerading under the name of a royal colony. Both have been successful. Their continued success depends on all their people rather than on an individual ruler. We have the opportunity to prove the very attractive theory of democracy quite sound; and, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...States is a democracy under its proper name. Canada is a democracy masquerading under the name of a royal colony. Both have been successful. Their continued success depends on all their people rather than on an individual ruler. We have the opportunity to prove the very attractive theory of democracy quite sound; and, iu proving it, we work for the happiness of millions. The greatest obstacle to the success of a democracy is that it depends in a too impersonal sort of way on a very large body of citizens. The responsibility, therefore, does not weigh heavily enough upon each individual. It is much easier to have a successful Republic of San Marino, with its handful of citizens, none wealthy but each taking a real and personal interest in it, than to have a successful Republic of the United States of America, depending upon the rather vague affection of many chiefly anxious to pile up fortunes for themselves. "Wealth inevitably makes for careless citizenship. A significant fact is, that the well-to-do cannot be brought out to vote on a rainy day. Poverty is a cement for democracy which riches corrode. A small population keeps loyalty concentrated and effective, while millions spread the responsibility out too thin. Millions are not an asset to a democracy, but rather a very great and a very dangerous liability. When, as in the United States, we have wealth and a hundred million citizens, it becomes all the.more necessary for individuals to consider their duties well and often, trying to make up for the inevitable delinquency of their fellows. The importance of thinking deeply over the obligations of responsible citizenship is great. It is no light thing to take on one the burden of the ballot; and the fact that so many share the burden is an added, not ...
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