This is an excerpt from a 1949 article written by David Ben Gurion – the first Prime Minister of the State of Israel; it appeared in the Hebrew language periodical Bama'aracha. This excerpt discusses how the particularity of the Jewish people necessitates the establishment of a Jewish state not to fight anti-semitism but to ensure the uniqueness and difference of the Jewish people.

The following is a striking interpretation of “excess democracy”, and the dangers it brings, written by Samuel P. Huntington. It was released by the Trilateral Commission in 1975, and is concerned with the “governability of the democracies.”

After coming to the conclusion that the democratic participation of the 60’s seemed a bit too aggressive for the ruling elite, Huntington says:

Democracy will have a longer life if it has a more balanced existence

That is, if the general population would just relinquish more control to centralized authoritarian power.

All of the top positions of the Carter administration – the office of President, Vice-President, Secretary of State, Defense and Treasury – were held by members of the Trilateral Commission.