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To: Publius
From Federalist 10, which has been already covered:

Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.

The readers may use the above link to read the context of the paper.

42 posted on 04/28/2010 1:26:23 PM PDT by Loud Mime (initialpoints.net - - The Constitution as the center of politics -- Download the graph)
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To: Loud Mime

The founders abhorred the idea of a democracy and that is a fact!


43 posted on 04/28/2010 2:02:12 PM PDT by Bigun ("It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." Voltaire)
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