“The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty.” – Fisher Ames, speech in the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788
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First Principles: The Known Propensity of Democracy Is Toward Licentiousness
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