Democracy

If the of reason in the region of thought is the				table unless it procures for all its members the
aim of science, the rule of equality in the region of				essentials of a good life we acknowledge that
behavior is the aim of democracy. Democracy is				health is better than disease, sufficiency better
not a political arrangement or a form of				than poverty shelter better than cold and
government. It is a pattern of life, an active				exposure, ease of mind better than racking
conviction which informs and inspires every				anxiety. It is our duty to obtain these essentials
thought word and deed. Our present constitution				of civilized life for the mass of the population, to
of society induces in its more fortunate members				work for basic economic justice for all, if
far too great readiness to accept privilege as				necessary by the imposition of higher taxes on
thought it were inherent in the social order, as				incomes, land, value and inheritance. Riches were
though it were normal and even proper and just.				created by the maker for being spent on social
If we are sincere in our professions of				purpose. It was Blackstone not Lenin who wrote:
democracy we should not shut our eyes to the				"The law not only regards life and protects every
most obvious defects of the present social order.				man in enjoyment of it, but also furnishes him
A system which does not offer security and				with everything necessary for its support. For
decent employment to multitudes of trained				there is no man so indecent or wretched but that
young men suffers from fundamental vice.				he may demand a supply sufficient for all the
Society is in danger of splitting to pieces if the				necessities of life from the more opulent part of
few who have the benefits of civilization are not				the community.
willing to share them with the rest. No state is s