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The need of some control over them was the chief agency in making the government of these states democratic or popular in the current sense of these words.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgThe need of some control over them was the chief agency in making the government of these states democratic or popular in the current sense of these words.
Dewey discusses the importance of democratic control in government.
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