“Government of the people, by the people, and for the people.’ Yeah, trouble is, the three classes of people aren’t the same.”

—  Poul Anderson, book The Boat of a Million Years

Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 18 “Judgment Day”, Section 3 (p. 336)

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