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I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty or civilization, or both.

Thomas B. Macaulay
Freedom, Democracies Have, Civilization
Letter to Henry Stephens Randall, May 23, 1857.
I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty or civilization, or both.