There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob. (G. K. Chesterton)

There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.

G. K. Chesterton

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