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The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.

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Nationality: English

Type: Historian

Born: January 10th, 1834

Died: June 19th, 1902

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