"Political democracy cannot flourish under all economic conditions. Democracy requires an economic system which supports the political ideals of liberty and equality for all. Men cannot exercise freedom in the political sphere when they are deprived of it in the economic sphere."

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Source: Louis O. Kelso, Mortimer J. Adler (2017). “The Capitalist Manifesto”, p.6, Pickle Partners Publishing

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Mortimer Adler

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