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The numerical majority--whether by custom or by choice, is immaterial--is ready, is eager to delegate its power of choosing its ruler to a certain select minority.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot discusses how the majority often willingly delegates its power to a select minority to choose its rulers.
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