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Margaret Halsey Quotes: Democracy makes many taxing demands on its practitioners, but suspension of the intelligence is not one of them.
         

Democracy makes many taxing demands on its practitioners, but suspension of the intelligence is not one of them.


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This page presents the quote "Democracy makes many taxing demands on its practitioners, but suspension of the intelligence is not one of them.". Author of this quote is Margaret Halsey. This quote is about intelligence, democracy, suspension, demand,.