All 10 Uses of
democracy
in
Main Street
- No but——No use running this democracy thing into the ground.†
Chpt 4 *
- Sturdiness and democracy and opportunity.†
Chpt 5
- She felt that these independent citizens, who had been taught that they belonged to a democracy, would resent her trying to play Lady Bountiful.†
Chpt 10
- There's one thing that's the matter with Gopher Prairie, at least with the ruling-class (there is a ruling-class, despite all our professions of democracy).†
Chpt 13
- Democracy is all right theoretically, and I'll admit there are industrial injustices, but I'd rather have them than see the world reduced to a dead level of mediocrity.†
Chpt 16
- "need only the opportunity, to appreciate fine things," and "sturdy exponents of democracy."†
Chpt 18
- He shouted that he "hated every dirty Hun; by gosh, if he could just poke a bayonet into one big fat Heinie and learn him some decency and democracy, he'd die happy."†
Chpt 23
- Sure, they'll bring democracy—the democracy of death.†
Chpt 23
- Sure, they'll bring democracy—the democracy of death.†
Chpt 23
- Nat Hicks was socially acceptable; he had been here for years, and owned his shop; but this person was merely Nat's workman, and the town's principle of perfect democracy was not meant to be applied indiscriminately.†
Chpt 28
Definition:
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(democracy) a system of government in which citizens have power with equal votes