Quote by Louis D. Brandeis

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great

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This quote suggests that there is a fundamental tension between democracy and concentrated wealth. It implies that if a society allows wealth to be excessively concentrated in the hands of a few individuals or entities, it jeopardizes the principles of democracy. The quote emphasizes that the two cannot coexist harmoniously, implying that a truly democratic society necessitates some level of wealth redistribution or equitable distribution of power and resources.

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