An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead. (Nancy Mitford)

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

Nancy Mitford

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