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Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere.
James Madison
James Madison
James Madison
Born: Mar 16, 1751
Died: Jun 28, 1836

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