Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington - The Rise of the Meritocracy (1958)

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Today we frankly recognize that democracy can be no more than aspiration, and have rule not so much by the people as by the cleverest people; not an aristocracy of birth, not a plutocracy of wealth, but a true meritocracy of talent.

Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington