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Or what sort of government could be expected from the votes of men too ignorant to know anything about government?
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “Or what sort of government could be expected from the votes of men too ignorant to know anything about government?”
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Reid raises concerns about the competence of voters who lack knowledge of government, questioning the quality of governance.
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