Rick Perlstein quoteRick Perlstein [1969-0]
American Historian 
Quote rank: 217
| The reactionary percentage of the electorate in these United States has been relatively constant since McCarthy's day; I'd estimate it as hovering around 30 percent. A minority, but one never all that enamored of the niceties of democracy - they see themselves as fighting for the survival of civilization, after all. |
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