“I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.”
― Democracy in America
― Democracy in America
“Once in a golden hour
I cast to earth a seed.
Up there came a flower,
The people said, a weed.”
― The Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson
I cast to earth a seed.
Up there came a flower,
The people said, a weed.”
― The Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson
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