Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.
A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.
We make a great mistake in supposing all people are capable of self-government.
No enterprise, small or large, public or private, can remain self-governing, let alone successful, so deeply in hock to others as we are about to be.
The principle of self-government cannot be violated with impunity. The individual's right to it is sacred - regardless of class, caste, race, color, sex or any other accident or incident of birth.
In order to govern, you have to win.
Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.
Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself.
Self-government does not and should not imply the use of political agencies alone. Progress is born of cooperation in the community - not from governmental restraints.
Self-government won't work without self-discipline.