The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, wh…

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The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, which limits the central government by the powers reserved, and the state governments by the powers they have ceded. ✨ John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (2016). Lectures on the French Revolution, p.33, Jazzybee Verlag
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The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, which limits the central government by the powers reserved, and the state governments by the powers they have ceded. ✨ John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (2016). Lectures on the French Revolution, p.33, Jazzybee Verlag

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