Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
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The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
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Democracies are poor breeding grounds for terrorism and war.
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There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies against despots -- suspicion.
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There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.
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I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.
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The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.
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The Gifted Men In Democracy
The gifted are not lifted
to do the jobs in democracies;
as the people remain riven
into castes and religions.
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It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny.
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