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Under a democratical government, the citizens exercise the powers of sovereignty; and those powers will be first abused, and afterwards lost, if they are committed to an unwieldy multitude.
Under a democratical government, the citizens exercise the powers of sovereignty; and those powers will be first abused, and afterwards lost, if they are committed to an unwieldy multitude.
Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- Edward Gibbon
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- Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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