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The Reign in Spain: Fall & Rise of the Spanish Monarchy QUOTES

The Reign in Spain: Fall & Rise of the Spanish Monarchy QUOTES

1 " Civilized existence is one which respects the law, both wise and good laws as well as bad laws, whose constitutional basis is the will of the people. When one does not like a particular law, the remedy resides in modifying it or revoking it by the procedures established for that very purpose. That methodology is the sole means of guaranteeing that popular will cannot be seized and held captive by zealots, with their own extreme interpretations.
-- Torcuato Fernández-Miranda "

― W. Kristjan Arnold , The Reign in Spain: Fall & Rise of the Spanish Monarchy

2 " There are many who suppose a democracy cannot be tyrannical, by definition.  But of all its forms, the most odious type of tyranny is one propagated by a majority in sole possession of statutory power, giving it free reign to step on and humiliate the minority.  Those in the minority should always be afforded an equal right to express their views and have their liberty respected.  "

― W. Kristjan Arnold , The Reign in Spain: Fall & Rise of the Spanish Monarchy