Robert A. Dahl Professions : Political scientist Born : December 17, 1915 Died : February 5, 2014 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Robert A. Dahl Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves Robert A. Dahl depends democracy chance If democracy is justified in governing the state,then it must also be justified in governing economic enterprises, and to say that it is not justified in governing economic enterprises is to imply that it is not justified in governing the state. Robert A. Dahl economic justified democracy Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discovered Robert A. Dahl taking-things-for-granted granted Require... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votes Robert A. Dahl popular-vote proportion vote As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth century. Robert A. Dahl tyrants democracy men Ironically, the very fact that democracy has such a lengthy history has actually contributed to confusion and disagreement, for 'democracy' has meant different things to different people at different times and places. Robert A. Dahl things democracy history people The future of that ancient chamber remains in considerable doubt. Robert A. Dahl remains ancient future doubt Glorious as it had been, the city-state was obsolete. Robert A. Dahl had been glorious obsolete Similar Authors Francis Fukuyama political-scientist Michael Parenti political-scientist William Graham Sumner political-scientist Samuel P. Huntington political-scientist Richard Perle political-scientist All Authors
