... you can't start with a democracy. You have to work up through stuff like tyranny and monarchy first. That way people — John Steinbeck
... you can't start with a democracy. You have to work up through stuff like tyranny and monarchy first. That way people — John Steinbeck
... you can't start with a democracy. You have to work up through stuff like tyranny and monarchy first. That way people — John Steinbeck
... you can't start with a democracy. You have to work up through stuff like tyranny and monarchy first. That way people — John Steinbeck
... you can't start with a democracy. You have to work up through stuff like tyranny and monarchy first. That way people — John Steinbeck
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... you can't start with a democracy. You have to work up through stuff like tyranny and monarchy first. That way people are so relived when they get to democracy that they hang on to it.

— John Steinbeck
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