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 John Adams habló por muchos de los primeros patriotas cuando dijo:
-<blockquote>I [...] was always for a Free Republic; not a democracy, which is as arbitrary Tyrannical bloody cruel and intolerable a government as that of Phalaris with his Bull<ref>Phalaris was the ruler of Akragas (now Agrigento) in Sicily, from approximately 570 to 554 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. He was a tyrant renonwned for his excessive cruelties, which included roasting his victims alive inside the body of a brazen bull.</ref> is represented to have been. Robespierre is a perfect exemplification of the Character of the first Bell Wether in a Democracy.<ref>Letter from John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, July 30, 1807. [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-5199 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-5199]</ref></blockquote>
+<blockquote>Siempre estuve a favor de una república libre, no de una democracia, que es un gobierno tan arbitrario, tiránico, sangriento, cruel e intolerable como ha sido representado el toro de Falaris.<ref>Falaris fue el legislador de Acragas (ahora Agirgento) en Sicilia, aproximadamente del 570 al 554 <small>A</small><small>C</small>. Él fue sumamente reconocido por su crueldad excesiva, que incluía quemar a sus víctimas vivas dentro de una olla con forma de bovino.</ref>Robespierre es el ejemplo perfecto del carácter del primer líder en una democracia.<ref>Carta de John Adams a Mercy Otis Warren, 30 de julio de 1807.
+[https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-5199 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-5199]</ref></blockquote>
 Why were they so opposed to democracy? Democracy comes from the Greek word for “the people,” ''demos''. It connotes a rule based on the majority decisions with full participation of all the people.