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The well being of democracies regardless of their type and status is dependent on one small technical detail: the right to vote. everything else is secondary.
-Jose Ortega Y Gasset
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Jose Ortega Y Gasset
The well being of democracies regardless of their type and status is dependent on one small technical detail: the right to vote. everything else is secondary.
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