Free government is self-government. A government of the peo… - Walter Bagehot

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Free government is self-government. A government of the people by the people. The best government of this sort is that which the people think best.

Walter Bagehot

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Walter Bagehot (February 3 1826 – March 24 1877) was an English businessman, essayist and journalist who wrote about literature, government and economics.

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