Comments on: A Few of My Thoughts On Executive Orders http://www.prosebeforehos.com/stiflystiferson/02/06/a-few-of-my-thoughts-on-executive-orders/ The Pen Is Mightier Than Thy Wench Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:30:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alechttp://www.prosebeforehos.com/stiflystiferson/02/06/a-few-of-my-thoughts-on-executive-orders/comment-page-1/#comment-209 alec Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:13:00 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/?p=284#comment-209 soft despotism - Alexis de Tocqueville's term for a society in which most of its members have given up an active role in the ordering of that society only to discover that society and government is run by an 'immense tutelary power' which endangers political liberty and discourages participation. Get yourself a copy of "Democracy in America" by Tocqueville soft despotism – Alexis de Tocqueville’s term for a society in which most of its members have given up an active role in the ordering of that society only to discover that society and government is run by an ‘immense tutelary power’ which endangers political liberty and discourages participation.

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