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Page 134
... motto adopted by the British Labor Party at a recent election , " No cake for any till all Lave bread ? " It is not enough to say , as we said at the beginning of this chapter , that the poor in our country 134 EQUALITY.
... motto adopted by the British Labor Party at a recent election , " No cake for any till all Lave bread ? " It is not enough to say , as we said at the beginning of this chapter , that the poor in our country 134 EQUALITY.
Page 157
... election of officials to govern , but every individual has the right to seek and hold office . There is no hereditary ruling class ; anyone can attain the highest political position who can persuade his fellow- countrymen of his fitness ...
... election of officials to govern , but every individual has the right to seek and hold office . There is no hereditary ruling class ; anyone can attain the highest political position who can persuade his fellow- countrymen of his fitness ...
Page 161
... election , some fifteen million voters are engaged for months in reading and hearing about great and difficult ques- tions of government . " With all allowance for the buncombe that they hear on the platform , the unfair , partisan ...
... election , some fifteen million voters are engaged for months in reading and hearing about great and difficult ques- tions of government . " With all allowance for the buncombe that they hear on the platform , the unfair , partisan ...
Page 174
... election that was irresistible . But when , in 1912 , the popular will again demanded his nomina- tion , the party leaders were able to thwart it . And the great revolt against the control by the " insiders " of the Republican party ...
... election that was irresistible . But when , in 1912 , the popular will again demanded his nomina- tion , the party leaders were able to thwart it . And the great revolt against the control by the " insiders " of the Republican party ...
Page 175
... election is made to seem a matter of vital principle ; and in the general ignorance of his actual qualifications , the party loyalty so assiduously cultivated can be usually trusted to float him into office . The rewards of this control ...
... election is made to seem a matter of vital principle ; and in the general ignorance of his actual qualifications , the party loyalty so assiduously cultivated can be usually trusted to float him into office . The rewards of this control ...
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