I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.
“In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters.”
“It's very nice to be able to write something you don't have to get four other people to agree with before it can become authoritative.”