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Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, read more

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.

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The Pythagorean, as well as the Platonic philosophers, probably concurred in the fabrication of the Christian Trinity

The Pythagorean, as well as the Platonic philosophers, probably concurred in the fabrication of the Christian Trinity

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Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

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Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart

Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart

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The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power read more

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice

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