The Tendencies Of Democracies Are, In All Things, To Mediocrity, Since The Tastes, Knowledge And Principles Of The Majority Form The Tribunal Of Appeal.

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The tendencies of democracies are, in all things, to mediocrity,
since the tastes, knowledge and principles of the majority form the
tribunal of appeal.
-- James Fenimore Cooper

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