Democracy is Not the Same as Freedom . . .

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The task of government is to secure the individual in his freedom from violence and coercive interference, to protect his life, liberty and property from aggression. When it goes beyond this his liberty has been abridged, even when that government is democratically chosen.

If there were to be a triumph of democracy around the world, it would be a hollow victory if it does not grow out of the more fundamental idea of individual liberty. Otherwise, men everywhere will continue to live under a tyranny – the tyranny of electoral majorities determined to use the government to benefit themselves at others' expense.
-Richard Ebeling

Read on:
http://thedailybell.com/editorials/35670/Richard-Ebeling-Democracy-is-Not-the-Same-as-Freedom/