Moses I. Finley Quote

for it is conflict combined with consent, not consent alone, which preserves democracy from eroding into oligarchy.


Chapter 2, Athenian Demagogues, p. 73 - Democracy Ancient And Modern (Second Edition) (1985)


For it is conflict combined with consent, not consent alone, which preserves democracy from eroding into oligarchy.

For it is conflict combined with consent, not consent alone, which preserves democracy from eroding into oligarchy.

For it is conflict combined with consent, not consent alone, which preserves democracy from eroding into oligarchy.

For it is conflict combined with consent, not consent alone, which preserves democracy from eroding into oligarchy.