DEMOCRACY.
" The word democracy has been a rallying cry throughout the ages from the day of Pericles to that of the Chartists. a cry with a great tradition that one would not treat lightly. Where the borders of freedom have been most enlarged, the cry for freedom and justice has been most insistent. But even with the establishment of political democracy, freedom and justice have often seemed far off in the modern prevalence of squalor and luxury, great inequalities ot wealth and opportunity. We have suffered the never-ending audacity of elected persons, whether State or municipal servants, or even those of the more democratic trade unions. Tlio price of freedom is eternal vigilance; hut vigilance has to he exercised in thinking out the principles upon which society is built, and adapting that society to a quickly changing world, rather than in spying and watching with jealousy elected representatives. It is jealousy for freedom and for self-expression which is to be cultivated, not jealousy lor ofliee.”—G. W. Thomson, in “The Quarterly Review.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 July 1927, Page 1
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171DEMOCRACY. Hokitika Guardian, 16 July 1927, Page 1
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