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The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well.

Walter Lippmann
Tyrants, Ignorant, Democracy
Walter Lippmann (1914). “A Preface to Politics”
The consent of the governed is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well.