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If individuals do not occupy their legitimate position, then it will be occupied by a god or a king or a coalition of interest groups. If citizens do not exercise the powers confered by their legitimacy, others will do so. (I - The Great Leap Backwards)

John Ralston Saul (2012). “The Unconscious Civilization”, p.76, Simon and Schuster
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