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Ulysses S. Grant - Where the citizen is sovereign and...

Where the citizen is sovereign and the official the servant, where no power is exercised except by the will of the people, it is important that the sovereign - the people - should possess intelligence. (Ulysses S. Grant)

Where the citizen is sovereign and the official the servant, where no power is exercised except by the will of the people, it is important that the sovereign - the people - should possess intelligence.

Ulysses S. Grant

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