Ralph Nader speaks at Public Citizen's 40th Anniversary Gala

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Ralph Nader speaks at Public Citizen's 40th Anniversary Gala

Unread postby Paul Kemp » Sun Nov 06, 2011 4:56 am

Ralph Nader speaks at Public Citizen's 40th Anniversary Gala
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71:2.12 8. Universal suffrage. Representative government presupposes an intelligent, efficient, and universal electorate. The character of such a government will ever be determined by the character and caliber of those who compose it. As civilization progresses, suffrage, while remaining universal for both sexes, will be effectively modified, regrouped, and otherwise differentiated.


71:2.14 10. Intelligent and trained representation. The survival of democracy is dependent on successful representative government; and that is conditioned upon the practice of electing to public offices only those individuals who are technically trained, intellectually competent, socially loyal, and morally fit. Only by such provisions can government of the people, by the people, and for the people be preserved.
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