When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is c…

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When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy. ✨ Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (2015). The Spirit of Laws, p.22, Library of Alexandria
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