William H. Riker

The question of whether particular goals are achievable by specified means (or indeed by any means at all) is an elementary and unavoidable question about any theory of justice.

— William H. Riker

All the elements of the democratic method are means to render voting practically effective and politically significant, and all the elements of the democratic ideals are moral extensions and elaborations of the features of the method that make voting work.

— William H. Riker

We can say that voting […] is at the heart of both the method and the ideal of democracy.

— William H. Riker