William H. Riker Quotes

William Harrison Riker was an American political scientist who applied game theory and mathematics to political science. Wikipedia

✵ 22. September 1920 – 26. June 1993

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“We can say that voting […] is at the heart of both the method and the ideal of democracy.”

William H. Riker

Liberalism Against Populism (1982)

“The question of whether particular goals are achievable by specified means (or indeed by any means at all) is an elementary and unavoidable question about any theory of justice.”

William H. Riker

Liberalism Against Populism (1982)

“All the elements of the democratic method are means to render voting practically effective and politically significant, and all the elements of the democratic ideals are moral extensions and elaborations of the features of the method that make voting work.”

William H. Riker

Liberalism Against Populism (1982)

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