“An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern.”
Tony Benn (1925–2014) British Labour Party politician
Interview with Michael Moore in the movie Sicko (2007).
2000s
“Cabinet governments educate the nation; the presidential does not educate it, and may corrupt it.”
No. I, "The Cabinet", p. 19
The English Constitution (1867)
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1990s