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A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is a democracy.

Fisher Ames
Passion, Ambition, Government
Fisher Ames (1809). “Works of Fisher Ames”, p.429
A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is a democracy.