{"product_id":"on-democracy-9780062905451","title":"On Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): E. B. White\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I am a member of a party of one, and I live in an age of fear.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese words were written by E. B. White in 1947.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades before our current political turmoil, White crafted eloquent yet practical political statements that continue to resonate. \"There's only one kind of press that's any good--\" he proclaimed, \"a press free from any taint of government control.\" He condemned the trend of defamation, arguing, \"In doubtful, doubting days, national morality tends to slip and slide toward a condition in which the test of a man's honor is his zeal for discovering dishonor in another.\" And on his staunch opposition to tyranny he maintained, \"If it is boyish to believe that a human being should live free, then I'll gladly arrest my development and let the rest of the world grow up.\"\u003c\/p\u003eAnchored by an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham, this concise collection of essays, letters, and poems from one of this country's most eminent literary voices offers much-needed historical context for our current state of the nation--and hope for the future of our society. Speaking to Americans at a time of uncertainty, when democracy itself has come under threat, he reminds us, \"As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman . . . the scene is not desolate.\"","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45115996799127,"sku":"9780062905451","price":1324.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780062905451.webp?v=1767900237","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/on-democracy-9780062905451","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}