Rationality belongs to the cool observer, but because of the stupidity of the average man, he follows not reason, but faith, and the naive faith requires necessary illusion and emotionally potent oversimplifications which are provided by the myth-maker to keep ordinary person on course.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

A republic properly understood is a sovereignty of justice, in contradistinction to a sovereignty of will.

For democracy is a method of finding proximate solutions for insoluble problems.