Moses I. Finley Quote

Political leaders, lacking documents that could be kept secret (apart from the occasional exception), lacking media they could control, were of necessity brought into a direct and immediate relationship with their constituents, and therefore under more and direct and immediate control.


Chapter 1, Leaders and Followers, p. 18 - Democracy Ancient And Modern (Second Edition) (1985)


Political leaders, lacking documents that could be kept secret (apart from the occasional exception), lacking media they could control, were of...

Political leaders, lacking documents that could be kept secret (apart from the occasional exception), lacking media they could control, were of...

Political leaders, lacking documents that could be kept secret (apart from the occasional exception), lacking media they could control, were of...

Political leaders, lacking documents that could be kept secret (apart from the occasional exception), lacking media they could control, were of...