On Democracy Audiobook (Free)

“I am an associate of a celebration of one, and I reside in an age of dread.”

These words were compiled by E. B. White in 1947.

Decades before our current political turmoil, White crafted eloquent yet practical political claims that continue to resonate. “There’s only 1 kind of press that’s any good-” he proclaimed, “a press free from any taint of the government.” He condemned the development of defamation, arguing that “in doubtful, doubting times, national morality tends to slip and glide toward a disorder about On Democracy where the test of the man’s honor is certainly his zeal for finding dishonor in others.” And on the spread of fascism he lamented, “fascism likes at this time an almost ideal environment for growth-a world of fear and food cravings.”

Anchored by an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham, this concise assortment of essays, letters, and poems in one of the country’s most eminent literary voices offers much-needed historical context for our present state from the nation-and hope for the future of our society. Talking with Americans at a time of doubt, when democracy itself provides come under risk, he reminds us, “So long as there is certainly one upright guy, so long as there is certainly one compassionate woman . the scene is not desolate.”