The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of governme…

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The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Steve Neal (2002). Eleanor and Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, p.279, Simon and Schuster
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