| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 2829 |
| QUOTATION: | Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | John Adams (17351826), U.S. statesman, president. Letter, April 15, 1814. The Works of John Adams, vol. 6, ed. Charles Francis Adams (1851). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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