ABSTRACT
I have sought to show what a democratic people is in our days…. To those who make to themselves an ideal democracy, a brilliant vision which they think it is easy to realize, I undertake to show that they have arrayed their future in false colors…. To those for whom the word “democracy” is synonymous with disturbance, anarchy, spoliation, and murder, I have attempted to show that the government of democracy may be reconciled with respect for property, with deference for rights, with safety to freedom, with reverence to religion. (xvi–xvii)
