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C.S. Lewis on the Praises and Pitfalls of Democracy

A democratic government helps us avoid some problems but cultivates others.

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Aaron Earls
Oct 29, 2024
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“Many forms of government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe,” Winston Churchill said in a November 1947 speech to the U.K. House of Commons. “No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those oth…

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