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First Principles: A Democracy Is No More Than an Aristocracy of Orators. The People Are So Readily Moved By Demagogues That Control Must Be Exercised By the Government Over Speech and Press
“A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.” – Thomas Hobbes
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Tagged Aristrocracy, Control, Demagogues, Democracy, Exercise, First Princiiplles, Government, Orators, Press, Speech, The People, Thomas Hobbes
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First Principles: Of Those Men Who Have Over Turned the Liberties of Republics, the Greatest Number Have Begun Their Career By Paying…Court To the People…and Ending Tyrants
“Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.” -Alexander Hamilton (1787)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Career, Court, Demagogues, Ending, First Principles, Greatest Number, Liberties, Men, Overturn, Republics, Tyrants
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First Principles: Of Those Who Have Overturned Republican Liberty, Most Have Begun By Courting the People and Ending Tyrants
“Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Career, Commence, Court, Demagogues, End, First Principles, Liberty, Men, Number, Overturn, Republic, The People, Tyrants
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