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People :

Author : David Hume

: Essays Moral, Political, and Literary

Text :

...in a republic, the candidates for office must look downward, to gain the suffrages of the people; in a monarchy, they must turn their attention upwards, to court the good graces and favor of the great.

From : Part I. Essay XIV. Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences..

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