Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. (Theodore Roosevelt)

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.

Theodore Roosevelt

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