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On Democracy (Paperback)
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On Democracy (Paperback)
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List price R440
Loot Price R396
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A New York Times Book Review New & Noteworthy Title "For
democracy's weary champions, White's time-tested prose is a shot of
adrenaline" (Madeleine Albright). "I am a member of a party of one,
and I live in an age of fear." These words were written by E. B.
White in 1947. Decades before our current political turmoil, White
crafted eloquent yet practical political statements that continue
to resonate. "There's only one kind of press that's any good-" he
proclaimed, "a press free from any taint of the government." He
condemned the trend of defamation, arguing that "in doubtful,
doubting days, national morality tends to slip and slide toward a
condition in which the test of a man's honor is his zeal for
discovering dishonor in others." And on the spread of fascism he
lamented, "fascism enjoys at the moment an almost perfect climate
for growth-a world of fear and hunger." Anchored by an introduction
by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham, this concise
collection of essays, letters, and poems from one of this country's
most eminent literary voices offers much-needed historical context
for our current state of the nation-and hope for the future of our
society. Speaking to Americans at a time of uncertainty, when
democracy itself has come under threat, he reminds us, "As long as
there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate
woman . . . the scene is not desolate."
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