If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens, rather than as subjects. We cannot expect loyalty to an unjust regime.
如果我们要建立草根阶层对构成民主的制度和程序的尊重，国家就必须把人民真正当成人民而不仅仅是对象。我们不能期待人民对不公的政权保持忠诚。不管在理论上还是实践中，国家及其精英都必须和最穷的公民一样受到同一部法律的约束。