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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
Lord Acton

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Historian Quotes
Category:
British Historian Quotes
Year of Birth:
1834
Year of Death:
1902
Nationality:
British
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