The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people. (Irving Babbitt)

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.

Irving Babbitt

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