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Democracy in America — Volume 1

Editorial note — Chapter XV · : Unlimited Power Of Majority, And Its Consequences—Part II

Henry Reeve translation

e [ This power may be centred in an assembly, in which case it will be strong without being stable; or it may be centred in an individual, in which case it will be less strong, but more stable.]

f [ I presume that it is scarcely necessary to remind the reader here, as well as throughout the remainder of this chapter, that I am speaking, not of the Federal Government, but of the several governments of each State, which the majority controls at its pleasure.]

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