Democracy brought to others through the barrel of a gun is not democracy; to impose it by force is to undermine it. - Tzvetan Todorov

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Democracy brought to others through the barrel of a gun is not democracy; to impose it by force is to undermine it.

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About Tzvetan Todorov

Tzvetan Todorov (1 March 1939 - 7 February 2017) was a Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist, essayist and geologist.

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Native Name: Цветан Тодоров
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Cierto es que este mal no era homogéneo, de otra manera la vida no hubiera sido posible: yo seguía encontrándome con gente maravillosa, o me aprovechaba de gestos maravillosos de quienes no siempre los tenían. En ausencia de una vida pública decente, la vida privada latía a plenitud (aun cuando en esos momentos yo no me daba cuenta de ello): los amores, las amistades, las pasiones intelectuales o artísticas, eran intensos

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