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Michael Signer
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Becoming Madison: The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father
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2015
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8 editions
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Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies
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2009
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6 editions
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Cry Havoc: Charlottesville and American Democracy Under Siege
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2020
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6 editions
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“The demagogue does not manipulate the people; instead, the “ruler who behaves like a subject”57 slavishly follows the will of the people and fails to chart a course for the city beyond the narrows of popularity and passion. The demagogue runs democracy into the ground. But”
― Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies
― Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies
“Beginning, before it becomes a historical event, is the supreme capacity of man; politically, it is identical with freedom. Initium ut esset homo creatus est—‘that a beginning be made man was created’ said Augustine.”216”
― Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies
― Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies
“Freedom as an inner capacity of man,” Arendt wrote, “is identical with the capacity to begin, just as freedom as a political reality is identical with a space of movement between men.”198”
― Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies
― Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies
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| The History Book ...: * #4 (US) JAMES MADISON (PRESIDENT) 1809 - 1817 | 78 | 490 | Apr 04, 2025 08:50AM |
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