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It is difficult to see why the most advantageous political system, for the present, would not be a democratic state with an artistocratic government, provided only the artistocracy be that of real merit, and not of artificial qualities. If this be not the real principle of the republican form of government then I must confess that I do not know what its principle is.

John Burgess

John Burgess

John Burgess

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Born: August 26, 1844

Died: January 13, 1931 (aged 86)

Bio: John William Burgess was a pioneering American political scientist. He spent most of his career at Columbia University and is regarded as having been "the most influential political scientist of the period.

Known for:

Wheel of Fortune
Burgo's Catch Phrase
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Midsomer Murders: Ghosts of Christmas Past
Walk the Talk

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