Modem democracy, which may be idenlificd with popular sovereignty,majority rule, constitulional libcrtics, participation in decision-making at alilevels, egalitarianism, proteetion of minorities and much else, is acomplicated package. No matter how composite it may look, however,democracy is incompatible with terrorism.1Fascist parties excluded, most political groupings and governmentshave scldom failcd to claim a dcmocratic legitimacy. Democracy, vvhichseems to promisc a form of government based on the harmony betvveen therulers and the ruled, is irresistible, at least as a slogan. It is conceivable,hovvever, only vvhen scctional as vvell as public interests are acknovvledgedand organized for political aetion. Another assumption is that no state isseriously dcmocratic unless opposition is permitted to organize andparticipatc in the contest for povver.