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It is when it is contended that "in a democracy right is what the majority makes it to be" that democracy degenerates into demagoguery.
-Friedrich August Von Hayek
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It Is When It Is Contended That

Friedrich August Von Hayek
It is when it is contended that "in a democracy right is what the majority makes it to be" that democracy degenerates into demagoguery.
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