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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / a. Nature of democracy

1541	It is better to be poor in a democracy than be rich without freedom [Democritus (attr)]
	Full Idea: Poverty in a democracy is as preferable to what is called prosperity under autocracy as freedom is to slavery.
	From: Democritus (attrib) (reports [c.250 BCE], B251), quoted by John Stobaeus - Anthology 3.40.42