Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly wo…

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Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2015). The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution, p.272, Coventry House Publishing
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Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2015). The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution, p.272, Coventry House Publishing

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