Revolutionary Government

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“The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny.”
—Georg Büchner (1813–1837)

“A certain secret jealousy of the British Minister is always lurking in the breast of every American Senator, if he is truly democratic; for democracy, rightly understood, is the government of the people, by the people, for the benefit of Senators, and there is always a danger that the British Minister may not understand this political principle as he should.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)