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A perfect free government is one which decides perfectly according to those votes; an imperfect, one which so decides imperfectly; a bad, one which does not so decide at all.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Bagehot categorizes governments based on how well they reflect the will of the people as expressed through votes.
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