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First Principles: Remember, Democracy Never Lasts Long, It Soon Wastes, Exhausts, and Murders Itself. There Never Was A Democracy Yet That Did Not Commit Suicide
“I might have exhibited as many millions of plebeians sacrificed by the pride, folly, and ambition of their fellow-plebeians and their own, in proportion to the extent and duration of their power. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, … Continue reading
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