The masses are the material of democracy, but its form-that is to say, the laws which express the general reason, justice, and utility-can only be rightly shaped by wisdom, which is by no means a universal property.


Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel (ed. 1890)

Henri-Frédéric Amiel Quotes

The masses are the material of democracy, but its form-that is to say, the laws which express the general reason, justice, and utility-can only be...

The masses are the material of democracy, but its form-that is to say, the laws which express the general reason, justice, and utility-can only be...

The masses are the material of democracy, but its form-that is to say, the laws which express the general reason, justice, and utility-can only be...

The masses are the material of democracy, but its form-that is to say, the laws which express the general reason, justice, and utility-can only be...