Walter Bagehot: “It has been thought strange, but there ARE nations in which the…”

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It has been thought strange, but there ARE nations in which the numerous unwiser part wishes to be ruled by the less numerous wiser part.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot notes that some nations have a tendency for the less wise majority to prefer being governed by a more knowledgeable minority.

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