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title: "4 Democracy Danger Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [ \[James\] Madison pointed out in the discussion of the constitutional debates - the constitutional convention - that democracy would be a danger.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/james-madison-pointed-out-in-the-discussion-of-the-constitutional/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [Democracy is a danger to any powerful group.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/democracy-is-a-danger-to-any-powerful-group/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [The moment politics becomes dull, democracy is in danger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-hailsham/the-moment-politics-becomes-dull-democracy-is-in-danger/)

[Lord Hailsham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-hailsham/)

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> [“Is our democracy in danger? It is a question we never thought we’d be asking. We have been colleagues for fifteen years,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-levitsky/is-our-democracy-in-danger-it-is-a-question-we-never-thought-we-d-be/)

[Steven Levitsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-levitsky/)

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