...this. Or rather, what he desired was hardly what we call democracy ; for he defines democracy as " the progress of all through all, under the leadership of the best and wisest." And what he desired was, in truth, the common weal, was Public Virtue, and it was because...

...obedience to dictators. There is no finer definition of democracy than that of Mazzini, who said that, 'It is the progress of all through all under the leadership of the wisest and best'; 'the wisest and best', not merely the best born. We want leaders who are not anxious...

...collective mediocrity ? Or will America confirm the sublime definition of Mazzini, that "democracy is the progress of all through all under the leadership of the best and wisest"? Are we not entitled to such leadership? And what instrument of government other than the Cabinet...

...to its leaders for guidance and direction; for, after all, democracy is, in Mazzini's fine phrase, "the progress of all, through all, under the leadership of the best and wisest." Whatever expedients other forms of government may have for obtaining succor in times of distress,...

...product of hundreds of years of struggle and learning. He gradually realizes that true democracy means "The progress of all through all under the leadership of the best and wisest."* Cardinal Principles sums up the demands for good citizenship as follows: "A many-sided interest...

...control. "A true Democracy," said Mazzini, the great Italian patriot, some years ago, "is the government of all, through all, under the leadership of the best and the wisest." James Bryce defines a Democracy as "a government in which the will of the majority of qualified citizens...