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American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
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American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society. — Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Thomas Babington Macaulay was a Poet from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1800–1859).

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