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Walter Lippmann

What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.

Walter Lippmann

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Walter Lippmann suggests that a democratic society is characterized by the majority's willingness to suppress any smaller group that tries to radically change the system. This means democracy depends not only on majority rule but also on resisting revolutionary challenges from minority groups.

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