Plato and Aristotle were both convinced that democratic government could not function successfully in an area larger than a city-state. - Kirby Page

The earliest authority was the word of the strongest warrior, the head of the family or the tribe, the medicine man or the witch doctor.

The menace inherent in any form of coercion is greatly reduced if those who act in behalf of victims of oppression voluntarily submit to suffering. Mahatma Gandhi... furnishes the most illuminating contemporary example...

Then came the political campaign of 1920 with its bitter personal feuds, as a result of which the real underlying issues were obscured by passion, misrepresentation and downright falsehood.