Democracy can itself be as tyrannical as a dictatorship, since it is the extent, not the source, of government power that impinges on freedom.

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Democracy can itself be as tyrannical as a dictatorship, since it is the extent, not the source, of government power that impinges on freedom. - William F. Buckley Jr.

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