Opening Suite

This I in fact forgot to mention. The name of the person I took the quote from, officially, and the book. It is deserving of it's own post.
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 "Democracy is unattainable unless it is brokered by institutions, mandated by the people and made accountable to them, whose primary purpose is to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak and to prevent people of all stations from resolving their differences by means of violence. The collective noun for such institutions is government."

~ Georges Monbiot, Manifesto For A New World Order

 This is the source, or the theme that I am writing about. Though in my defense I did put it in the - no, wait, I didn't! I quoted it from the review article which quoted it! Noo!