The American Commonwealth 1904 Quotes

“America changes so fast that every few years a new crop of books is needed to describe the new face which things have put on, the new problems that have appeared, the new ideas germinating among her people, the new and unexpected developments for evil as well as for good of which her established institutions have been found capable.”
― James Bryce, The American Commonwealth, part 1

“The more democratic republics become,” Bryce wrote, “the more the masses grow conscious of their own power, the more do they need to live, not only by patriotism, but by reverence and self-control, and the more essential to their well being are those sources whence reverence and self-control flow.”
― James Bryce, The American Commonwealth, part 1

“Democracy really means nothing more or less than the rule of the whole people expressing their sovereign will by their votes.”
― James Bryce, The American Commonwealth, part 1