The founding fathers were not interested in democracy, in fact, in a country with 3 1/4 million people, which is about what we were at the time of th… - Gore Vidal

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The founding fathers were not interested in democracy, in fact, in a country with 3 1/4 million people, which is about what we were at the time of the separation from England, only 700,000 people could vote — white males of property. So it's never been terribly democratic. ...and they put together a constitution which would protect property for all time. No nonsense about democracy!