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G. K. Chesterton Quotes: Democracy means government by the uneducated while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
         

Democracy means government by the uneducated while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.


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Democracy means government by the uneducated while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
         



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