The People Have Spoken

Author : David Harsanyi
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1621572277
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The People Have Spoken (and They Are Wrong) written by David Harsanyi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracy may be one of the most admired ideas ever concocted, but what if it’s also one of the most harebrained? After many years of writing about democracy for a living, David Harsanyi has concluded that it’s the most overrated, overused, and misunderstood idea in political life. The less we have of it the better. “Democracy” is not synonymous with “freedom.” It is not the opposite of tyranny. In fact, the Founding Fathers knew that democracy can lead to tyranny. That’s why they built so many safeguards against it into the Constitution. Democracy, Harsanyi argues, has made our government irrational, irresponsible, and invasive. It has left the American people with only two options—domination by the majority or a government that can’t possibly work. The modern age has imbued democracy with the mystique of infallibility. But Harsanyi reminds us that the vast majority of political philosophers, including the founders, have thought that responsible, limited government based on direct majority rule over a large, let alone continental scale was a practical impossibility. In The People Have Spoken, you’ll learn: Why the Framers of our Constitution were intent on establishing a republic, not a “democracy” How democracy undermines self-government How shockingly out of touch with reality most voters really are Why democracy is an economic wrecking ball—and an invitation to a politics of envy and corruption How the great political philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to Burke and Tocqueville predicted with uncanny accuracy that democracy could lead to tyranny Harsanyi warns that if we don’t recover the Founders’ republican vision, “democracy” might very well spell the end of American liberty and prosperity.

Author : David Harsanyi
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1621572021
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The People Have Spoken (and They Are Wrong) written by David Harsanyi and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracy may be one of the most admired ideas ever concocted, but what if it’s also one of the most harebrained? After many years of writing about democracy for a living, David Harsanyi has concluded that it’s the most overrated, overused, and misunderstood idea in political life. The less we have of it the better. “Democracy” is not synonymous with “freedom.” It is not the opposite of tyranny. In fact, the Founding Fathers knew that democracy can lead to tyranny. That’s why they built so many safeguards against it into the Constitution. Democracy, Harsanyi argues, has made our government irrational, irresponsible, and invasive. It has left the American people with only two options—domination by the majority or a government that can’t possibly work. The modern age has imbued democracy with the mystique of infallibility. But Harsanyi reminds us that the vast majority of political philosophers, including the founders, have thought that responsible, limited government based on direct majority rule over a large, let alone continental scale was a practical impossibility. In The People Have Spoken, you’ll learn: Why the Framers of our Constitution were intent on establishing a republic, not a “democracy” How democracy undermines self-government How shockingly out of touch with reality most voters really are Why democracy is an economic wrecking ball—and an invitation to a politics of envy and corruption How the great political philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to Burke and Tocqueville predicted with uncanny accuracy that democracy could lead to tyranny Harsanyi warns that if we don’t recover the Founders’ republican vision, “democracy” might very well spell the end of American liberty and prosperity.

Author : Steven Ratuva
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781760460013
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The People Have Spoken written by Steven Ratuva and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since independence in 1970, Fiji had endured four coups and four constitutions. Each of the four constitutions prescribed different electoral systems. After eight years of military rule by 2006 coup leader Frank Bainimarama, the long awaited 2014 election was the first under a radically new Constitution, which introduced a new electoral system based on proportional representation and a single constituency. The election was won by Bainimarama's FijiFirst Party, who subsequently embarked on a process of shifting the political configuration of Fijian politics from inter-ethnic to trans-ethnic mobilisation. The People Have Spoken provides a unique collection of articles about the 2014 election in Fiji. It captures the important issues that have plagued Fiji over the years including ethnic relations, power politics, coups, ethno-nationalism, youth and media censorship, to name a few. It provides an excellent mixture of contributors (both Fijian and non-Fijian) including academics, a political party representative, a member of the Election Commission and a member of the international monitoring group.

Author : Nicholas Cipollo
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781729856093
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The People Have Spoken written by Nicholas Cipollo and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The People Have Spoken" is an alternate history book written by Rebecca Stirling. What if the United States had underwent a socialist revolution, and what would this mean for the world? Complete with dozens of maps and four hundred pages of lore, dive deep into a new and fascinating world.

Author : John R. Cross
Publisher : GoodSeed International
ISBN 13 : 1927429145
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All that the Prophets Have Spoken written by John R. Cross and published by GoodSeed International. This book was released on 2014-04-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Prophets have spoken. It is wise to know what they said. “It’s a fascinating story, a story you really must know for yourself.” History is strewn with wars and scrapping over religion. With the advent of the global village, people of different beliefs are being pressed up against each other, and the potential for major conflict is enormous. It behooves us to know what our neighbours believe and why they believe it. Though we may never agree with them, when we know what people believe, at the very least, we can intelligently disagree without being disagreeable. All that the Prophets have Spoken is about the most widely distributed and most vehemently disputed book in history—the Bible. If you are one of those who seriously wants to understand the message of the Prophets, then this book is for you.

Author : Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Citizenship in a Republic written by Theodore Roosevelt and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Citizenship in a Republic is the title of a speech given by Theodore Roosevelt, former President of the United States, at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, on April 23, 1910. One notable passage from the speech is referred to as "The Man in the Arena": It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

Author : Joseph Parker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The People's Bible written by Joseph Parker and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Relationship Between Offshore Oil Drilling and the Proposed Pacific Palisades On-shore Drilling Project written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Iowa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Debates of the Constitutional Convention written by Iowa and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1204 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 1204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)