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Institutions purely democratic will sooner or later destroy liberty or civilization, or both....
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Beck warns that purely democratic institutions may ultimately threaten liberty and civilization.
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To this we owe the elasticity of the instrument.
Are we prepared to say that in the event of a war or threatened danger of war, the Supreme Council of the League may take any action it deems wise and effectual to maintain peace?
For having lived long I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.
Assuredly, the man of to-day, with the rich heritage of countless ages, can do no less.
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