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The virtue of democracy is that is has placed limits on the absoluteness of power.

Robert Morrison MacIver

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Robert Morrison MacIver
Age: 88 †
Born: 1882
Born: April 17
Died: 1970
Died: June 15
Sociologist
University Teacher
Writer
Virtue
Power
Absoluteness
Placed
Limits
Democracy

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