Whereas Athenian democracy was focusing on the masterless citizen and empowering the working poor, our liberal democracies are founded on the Magna Carta tradition, which was, after all, a charter for masters.
Mentres que a democracia ateniense se centrou na cidadanía sen dono e no empoderamento dos  traballadores pobres, as nosas democracias liberais baséanse na tradición da Carta Magna, que era, despois de todo, unha carta para amos.