"The recognition of the will of the people as the supreme basis of public life can only be a worship before the contentless formal, only an idolization of human self-will. It is not important what man wants, what is important is that what he wants exists. I want what I want to exist. Here is an extreme formula of democracy, of the power of the people.
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Nikolai BerdeaevAll Translations
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The recognition of the will of the people as the supreme basis of public life can only be a worship before the contentless formal, only an idolization of human self-will. It is not important what man wants, what is important is that what he wants exists. I want what I want to exist. Here is an extreme formula of democracy, of the power of the people.
""Recunoașterea voinței poporului drept bază supremă a vieții publice poate fi doar o închinare în fața formalului lipsit de conținut, doar o idolatrizare a samavolniciei umane. Nu este important ce dorește omul, important e să existe ceea ce acesta dorește. Vreau să existe ceea ce vreau. Iată o formulă extremă a democrației, a puterii poporului."