"The will of the nation" is one of those expressions which have been most profusely abused by the wily and the despotic of every age. (Alexis de Tocqueville)

"The will of the nation" is one of those expressions which have been most profusely abused by the wily and the despotic of every age.

Alexis de Tocqueville

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