Chester Himes Quote

Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal.


Black on Black: Baby Sister and Selected Writings (ed. Doubleday Books, 1973)


Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal.

Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal.

Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal.

Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal.