 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Although, as we saw above, there can be democracy without liberty, there can never be secure liberty without democracy. ... If I had to choose between liberty and democracy, I should be hard put to it to know which to prefer, since it is only by means of liberty that progress, whether intellectual or moral, is possible. Fortunately, no such choice is forced upon us.
Source: What is Democracy ? 1953
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