AMERICA:
LIBERTY; CURRENT ISSUES: LOSS OF FREEDOM

Plato has somewhere said that in a democratic society the price wise men pay for neglecting politics is to be ruled by unwise men.…

In America, for instance, there are millions of plain men and women, decent, honest and peace loving, who take their blessings for granted and make no effort to assure the continuance of our free society. These persons are without doubt far in the majority. They constitute the main body of our population, but for all their numbers they are not going to determine the direction our country will go in the next few years. Their weakness lies in their passivity. They sit back and allow radicals and those in the minority but who shout the loudest to set the course for the future. If this continues much longer we have no assurance that we can retain that liberty which was once purchased for us at such appalling cost.

The Price of Neglect, 1.