Thomas Sowell Quote

To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process.


Knowledge And Decisions (ed. Basic Books, 1996) - ISBN: 9780786723638


To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for...

To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for...

To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for...

To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for...