"Thank goodness we're not a pure democracy," he said, because that would mean the majority always ruled, on every issue.

I'm dismayed by people who see pure democracy as some kind of holy grail.

Like many such schools, Parker has offered an object lesson in the limits of pure democracy.

"We have finally been able to see pure democracy at work."

We are not and cannot be a pure democracy.

Bynaus has one of the few pure democracies in the Federation.

Finding a way through the maze of systems and bureaucracy, especially in a pure democracy, took time.

These authors saw American society on the cusp of positive social change toward pure democracy.

"New England is the last place where pure democracy is practiced."

What is more an example of pure democracy than meetings such as this one.