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In a nation of blind men,” we are told, “the one-eyed man is king.” In a nation of undiscriminating voters the noise of the agitator is apt to drown the voice of the statesman.
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Watterson warns that in a society of unthinking voters, the loudest voices may overshadow true statesmanship.
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