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The name of Democracy was assumed because it was discovered to be very taking among the multitude; yet, after all, it is but the investment of the multitude with absolute power.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “The name of Democracy was assumed because it was discovered to be very taking among the multitude; yet, after all, it is…”
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Quincy argues that the term 'Democracy' is used to mask the concentration of power among the masses.
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