As we become civilized we are governed less by persons and more by pri…

Robert Green Ingersoll
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As we become civilized we are governed less by persons and more by principles. . . . The best of all leaders is the man who teaches people to lead themselves. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll, Herman Eugene Kittredge (1912). Interviews
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