Democracy


How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Democracy in America
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior)
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It
Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Against Democracy
The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
Autocracy, Inc.
On Democracy
Why We're Polarized
The Origins of Totalitarianism
Off-Topic by G.R. ReaderCivil Disobedience, Solitude & Life Without Principle by Henry David ThoreauOn Liberty by John Stuart MillThe Ailing Nation by Nate LinkHATE by Nadine Strossen
Free Speech!
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John Adams by David McCulloughThe Adams-Jefferson Letters by Lester Jesse CapponPassionate Sage by Joseph J. EllisSetting the World Ablaze by John FerlingThis Republic by Will Butts
John Adams (nonfiction)
21 books — 7 voters
Eurocommunism by Ioannis BalampanidisEurocommunism by Thomas RigginsToward a Theory of Eurocommunism by Armen AntonianEurocommunism and Socialism by Fernando ClaudínEurocommunism by George Schwab
Eurocommunism
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Winston S. Churchill
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston S. Churchill

Czesław Miłosz
In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.
Czesław Miłosz

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