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Stanley King Quotes: Democracy is threatened by the inertia of good people, by the selfishness of most people, and by the evil designs of a few people.
         

Democracy is threatened by the inertia of good people, by the selfishness of most people, and by the evil designs of a few people.


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This page presents the quote "Democracy is threatened by the inertia of good people, by the selfishness of most people, and by the evil designs of a few people.". Author of this quote is Stanley King. This quote is about selfishness, people, inertia, design, threatened, democracy, good people, evil,.