A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.

Norman Mailer

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Topic

Democracy

Author

Norman Mailer

Source

The Presidential Papers

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Mailer, Norman. The Presidential Papers. Bantam Books, 1964, preface.

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Genre
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Burke, Edmund. "Speech on Conciliation with America." House of Commons. 22 Mar. 1775, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

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