A pure democracy is generally a very bad government, It is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is often rash, and will not hear reason.

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Noah Webster was a 18th-century American lexicographer and author. Noah Webster was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and author. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education". Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation
  • Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power

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