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First Principles: Democracy Has Two Excesses To Avoid: the Spirit of Inequality…and the Spirit of Extreme Equality

Posted on April 22, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Democracy has two excesses to avoid: the spirit of inequality, which leads to an aristocracy, or to the government of a single individual; and the spirit of extreme equality, which conducts it to despotism, as the despotism of a single … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Hope That We Shall Crush In Its Birth the Aristocracy of Our Monied Corporations Which Dare Already To Challenge Our Government To A Trial of Strength and Bid Defiance To the Laws of Our Country

Posted on September 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” – Thomas Jefferson

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Tag Archives: Aristocracy

First Principles: Democracy Has Two Excesses To Avoid: the Spirit of Inequality…and the Spirit of Extreme Equality

First Principles: I Hope That We Shall Crush In Its Birth the Aristocracy of Our Monied Corporations Which Dare Already To Challenge Our Government To A Trial of Strength and Bid Defiance To the Laws of Our Country

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