Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of a privileged class. (George Bernard Shaw)

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of a privileged class.

George Bernard Shaw

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