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When the qualities that now confer leadership have become universal, there will no longer be leaders and followers, and democracy will have been realized at last.

When the qualities that now confer leadership have become universal, there will no longer be leaders and followers, and democracy will have been realized at last.

Approximate author period: c. 1921 AD · modern

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Bertrand Russell
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Approximate author period: c. 1921 AD · modern
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