A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are...

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A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.

Norman Kingsley Mailer
Quote by Norman Kingsley Mailer about democracy.
Norman Kingsley Mailer

Norman Kingsley Mailer 1923 - 2007, american writer

Was born on: 31 jan 1923.
Died on 10 nov 2007, at 84 years old.
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