The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing. (Herbert Spencer)

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.

Herbert Spencer

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