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To: BenLurkin

“Democracy… while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”

12 posted on 09/04/2014 6:56:06 PM PDT by Rome2000
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To: Rome2000
“Democracy… while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”

Paraphrased from "Letters from John Adams"

15 posted on 09/05/2014 12:00:55 AM PDT by publius911 (`)
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