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Democracy: Government with limited power
Reader comment on item: Combating the Ideology of Radical Islam
Submitted by Stephen Berman (United States), Apr 14, 2003 at 14:00
Dr. Pipes: ...What is truly needed is to institute a government of limited, delegated powers, with checks and balances, based on the American model. This government will ensure freedom and progress. The democracy from which we developed was based on Oliver Cromwell's brutal, militaristic regime in England. It is no better to live under an Oligarchy with unlimited powers, than it is to live under a Dictatorship with unlimited powers. Freedom means living under a government with strictly limited powers, and is not at all limited to having free and fair elections.
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| why not [41 words] | jack steenbarger | Apr 21, 2010 21:13 | 171548 | ||
| RADICAL ISLAM FROM A SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE [161 words] | R .WOOD | Dec 17, 2009 08:11 | 165962 | ||
| ignorenace is a harmful wapon [231 words] | Nora | Feb 18, 2009 20:04 | 150755 | ||
 Naivete [98 words] | Knave | Dec 19, 2009 16:12 | 150755 | ||
| jihad is a holy WAR [238 words] | waterguessen | Dec 19, 2008 22:47 | 145466 | ||
| 1 | 99.999999% muslims are islamics [67 words] | Mohd suhel | Aug 19, 2008 05:51 | 137005 | |
| Radical Islamists or Cultists? [239 words] | Maudi | Aug 6, 2008 07:31 | 136349 | ||
| 4 | Take the fight, on to the street. [40 words] | Matthew Haysom | May 28, 2008 10:57 | 130319 | |
| 2 | THE ONLY WAY TO WIN IS NOT TO PLAY (ATHEIST PERSPECTIVE) [109 words] | ATHEIST | Sep 1, 2008 04:37 | 130319 | |
| Wrong is wrong and right is right [295 words] | Antiworldly | Oct 18, 2009 17:32 | 130319 | ||
| Check your facts [237 words] | Confused | Nov 22, 2010 23:31 | 130319 | ||
| 7 | How do I fight back against radical Islam [105 words] | David H McLeish | Jan 6, 2008 17:48 | 117605 | |
| By searching for truth! [754 words] | PDM | Jan 6, 2008 20:18 | 117605 | ||
| Dear Sir David H McLeish [180 words] | Ynnatchkah | Jan 6, 2008 21:32 | 117605 | ||
| Semper Fidelis.... [153 words] | donvan | Jan 7, 2008 10:42 | 117605 | ||
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| Rough road ahead fellows [178 words] | Peter Yorkoski | Feb 21, 2007 01:46 | 8371 | ||
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| Rethink "Moderates" [235 words] | Boycat | Apr 15, 2003 00:52 | 8364 | ||
| Stop thinking like westerners [285 words] | Peter Yorkoski | Feb 21, 2007 02:26 | 8364 | ||
| CAIR and the ACLU. Enough said. [127 words] | Keith | Apr 14, 2003 22:32 | 8363 | ||
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| "Moderate?" [35 words] | p e | Apr 14, 2003 21:13 | 8362 | ||
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| The moderates need to speak up a little louder! [170 words] | fenix | Apr 14, 2003 13:29 | 8348 | ||
| Democracy & Islamists [310 words] | Glenn Klotz | Apr 14, 2003 13:06 | 8347 | ||
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| In agreement with Pipes [56 words] | Etta Heller | Apr 13, 2003 14:29 | 8327 | ||
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