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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."
— Jan 04, 2026 06:02PM
...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 good of man is a working of the soul in the way of excellence in a complete life; ...for as it is not one swallow or one fine day that makes a spring, so it is not one day or a short time that makes a man blessed and happy." - Aristotle
— Jan 08, 2026 07:01PM
