ONE: CHARACTERISTICS PROPER TO CITIZENS IN A DEMOCRATIC REGIME

17. To express his own views of the duties and sacrifices that are imposed on him; not compelled to obey without being heard -- these are two rights of the citizen which find in democracy, as its name implies, their expression.

18. From the solidity, harmony and good results produced by this between the citizens and the Government, one may decide which democracy is really healthy and well balanced, and what is its life energy and power of expansion.

19. If, then, we consider the extent and nature of the sacrifices demanded of all the citizens, especially in our day when the activity of the state is so vast and decisive, the democratic form of government appears to many as a postulate of nature imposed by reason itself.

20. When, however, people call for "democracy and better democracy," such a demand cannot have any other meaning than to place the citizen ever more in the position to hold his own personal opinion, to express it and to make it prevail in a fashion conducive to common good.