Great Quote from 1927

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Great Quote from 1927

"Here in the last generation, a development
has taken place which finds an analogy
nowhere else. American parties have ceased
to be voluntary associations like trade
unions or the good government clubs or the
churches. They have lost the right freely
to determine how candidates shall
be nominated and platforms framed, even
who shall belong to the party and who
shall lead it. The state legislatures
have regulated their structure and
functions in great detail."

Source: American Parties and Elections,
by Edward Sait, 1927 (Page 174)
Quoted from:
The tyranny of the two-party system,
by Lisa Jane Disch c2002

SEE: What is a Political Party?
http://bit.ly/117M0o

WEB SITE:
Citizen's Political Power in the U.S.
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