When a government of the people, by the people, and for the people fails, it is ultimately the people's fault. We make much of the advantages and disadvantages of various forms of government. But it is not the form of government that makes the ultimate difference, it is the people. It is the people both within and without government.
"To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem."
When a government of the people, by the people, and for the people fails, it is ultimately the people's fault. We make much of the advantages and disadvantages of various forms of government. But it is not the form of government that makes the ultimate difference, it is the people. It is the people both within and without government.
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings."
"To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem."
Or, as Groucho Marx put it, "I refuse to join any organization that would have me as a member."
>at the price of the republic itself
The republic had been (un)dead by then anyway.