Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discovered

- Robert A. Dahl

As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth century.

- Robert A. Dahl

Require... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votes

- Robert A. Dahl

If democracy is justified in governing the state,then it must also be justified in governing economic enterprises, and to say that it is not justifie…

- Robert A. Dahl

Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves

- Robert A. Dahl