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James Bovard

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Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
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Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty (1994), p. 333
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Compare earlier version by Marvin Simkin, "Individual Rights", Los Angeles Times, 12 January 1992: "Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain rights which may not be taken, not even by a 99% vote."

 
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