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"Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle...Even democracy ruins itself by excess...it becomes disastrous because the people are not properly equipped by education to select the best rulers.
...The crowd loves flattery, it is so "hungry for honey," that at last the wiliest and most unscrupulous flatterer, calling himself the "protector of the people, rises to supreme power."
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...The crowd loves flattery, it is so "hungry for honey," that at last the wiliest and most unscrupulous flatterer, calling himself the "protector of the people, rises to supreme power."
