Power is the sum total of the wills of the mass, transfered by express or tactic agreement to rulers chosen by the masses. (Leo Tolstoy)

Power is the sum total of the wills of the mass, transfered by express or tactic agreement to rulers chosen by the masses.

Leo Tolstoy

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