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Quotation from The Histories, Book VI by Polybius
“the constitution will receive a new name, which sounds better than any other in the world, liberty or democracy; but, in fact, it will become that worst of all governments, mob-rule.”
The Histories, Book VI, Book VI, ch. 57, trans. Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
The closing prediction of how prosperity and ambition will eventually corrupt even the Roman constitution.
Citation: "the constitution will receive a new name, which sounds better than any other in the world, liberty or democracy; but, in fact, it will become that worst of all governments, mob-rule." — Polybius, The Histories, Book VI, Book VI, ch. 57, trans. Evelyn S. Shuckburgh. (id polybius-histories-book-vi-q7)
