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John Dewey: Taking history as a whole, the selection of rulers and equipment of them with powers has been a matter of political…

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Taking history as a whole, the selection of rulers and equipment of them with powers has been a matter of political accident.
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John Dewey

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Dewey notes that the selection of rulers has often been a matter of chance throughout history.

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