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The survival of american democracy depends less on the size of its armies than on the capacity of its individual citizens to rely... on the strength of their own thought.
-Lewis H. Lapham
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The Survival Of American Democracy Depends Less

Lewis H. Lapham
The survival of american democracy depends less on the size of its armies than on the capacity of its individual citizens to rely... on the strength of their own thought.
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