Democracy is a spiritual testament and not an economic structure of a political machine; it was a testament with basic beliefs: that the personality was sacrosanct, which was the meaning of liberty; that policy should be settled by free discussion; that normally a minority should be ready to yield to a majority, which in turn should respect a minority’s sacred things.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Democracy is a spiritual testament and not an economic structure of a political machine; it was a testament with basic beliefs: that the personality was sacrosanct, which was the meaning of liberty; that policy should be settled by free discussion; that normally a minority should be ready to yield to a majority, which in turn should respect a minority’s sacred things." in the context of "John Buchan in: John Buchan: Model Governor General, Dundurn, 10 August 2013, p. 31." to mean that wisdom is timeless.