“Everyone knew that democracy - direct rule by all the people - required such spartan, soul-denying virtue on the part of all the people that it was likely to survive only where poverty made upright behavior necessary for the perpetuation of the race.” PeopleMadeRacePovertyVirtueDemocracyBehaviorDirect Author:Bernard Bailyn
“It was an elevating, transforming vision: a new, fresh, vigorous, and above all morally regenerate people rising from the obscurity to defend the battlements of liberty and then in triumph standing forth, heartening and sustaining the cause of freedom everywhere.” PeopleCausesLibertyVisionStandingTriumphRisingTransformingObscurityVigorousSustainingElevating Book:The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Source: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
“In effect the people were present through their representatives, and were themselves, step by step and point by point, acting in the conduct of public affairs. No longer merely an ultimate check on government, they were in some sense the government.” PeopleGovernmentActingStepsEffectsUltimateAffairChecksRepresentativesPublic Affairs Book:The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Source: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
