Much of the time, the question goes unasked in prosperous liberal democracies like Britain or the United States, because most of us see political equality as exhausted by one person, one vote and dig no deeper; we know that one person, one vote coexists with the better-off and better-organized buying influence through lobbying, campaign contributions, and use of the mass media, but we find ourselves puzzled to balance a belief that everyone has the right to use his or her resources to influence government—which is certainly one form of political equality—with our sense that excessive inequality of political resources undermines democracy.


Introduction: Thinking about Politics. - On Politics: A History of Political Thought: From Herodotus to the Present (2012)

Alan Ryan Quotes

Much of the time, the question goes unasked in prosperous liberal democracies like Britain or the United States, because most of us see political...

Much of the time, the question goes unasked in prosperous liberal democracies like Britain or the United States, because most of us see political...

Much of the time, the question goes unasked in prosperous liberal democracies like Britain or the United States, because most of us see political...

Much of the time, the question goes unasked in prosperous liberal democracies like Britain or the United States, because most of us see political...