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Democracy is in peril wherever the administration of political power is scattered among a variety of men who work in secret, whose very names are unknown to the common people.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Democracy is in peril wherever the administration of political power is scattered among a variety of men who work in…”
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Roosevelt states that democracy is threatened when political power is hidden and dispersed among unknown individuals.
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