There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has beh…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.189, Simon and Schuster
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