The Case Against the Democratic State: An Essay in Cultural Criticism: "Graham once more has a response. Why should one believe that persuasion can work only in a democracy? Why are 'the good despot and the liberal oligarchs'(p.55) immune to persuasion? 'The democrat . . . would be very unwise to play down the significance of voicing opinions, since this is the only way, between elections, that democracy is to be distinguished from elective dictatorship.'(p.55)"