[Mb-civic] NYTimes.com: Democracy in America, Then and Now, a Struggle Against Majority Tyranny

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OPINION | January 23, 2006
Editorial Observer: Democracy in America, Then and Now, a Struggle Against Majority Tyranny
By ADAM COHEN
Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" is both an appreciation of American democracy, and a cautionary tale about its fragility.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/23/opinion/23mon3.html?emc=eta1



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