Lewis H. Lapham Quote

Democracy assumes conflict not only as the normal but also as the necessary condition of its existence, the structure of the idea resembling a suspension bridge dependent upon the balance between countervailing forces.


Harper's (May 2012)


Democracy assumes conflict not only as the normal but also as the necessary condition of its existence, the structure of the idea resembling a...

Democracy assumes conflict not only as the normal but also as the necessary condition of its existence, the structure of the idea resembling a...

Democracy assumes conflict not only as the normal but also as the necessary condition of its existence, the structure of the idea resembling a...

Democracy assumes conflict not only as the normal but also as the necessary condition of its existence, the structure of the idea resembling a...