“Democracy is a freak condition in the world's history: civil liberties are not common liberties even today, and most people in the world have never possessed them.” HistoryDemocracyCivil LibertiesWestern World Book:The Great Seesaw: A New View of the Western World, 1750-2000 Source: The Great Seesaw: A New View of the Western World, 1750-2000