Robert A. Dahl Quotes


"Glorious as it had been, the city-state was obsolete."
- Robert A. Dahl
"Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discovered."
- Robert A. Dahl
(Related: Time)

"Require... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votes."
- Robert A. Dahl
(Related: Popular)

"The future of that ancient chamber remains in considerable doubt."
- Robert A. Dahl
(Related: Doubt, Future)

"As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth century."
- Robert A. Dahl
(Related: Men, Athens, Right)