[In a democracy] a common passion or interest will, in almost every ca…

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[In a democracy] a common passion or interest will, in almost every case , be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and concert results from the form of government itself; and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in 1788, p.45
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