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"
Now
here
are
we
with
still
another
system
...
and
our
system
works
quite
well
.
Many
complain
but
none
rebel
;
personal
freedom
for
all
is
greatest
in
history
,
laws
are
few
,
taxes
are
low
,
living
standards
are
as
high
as
productivity
permits
,
crime
is
at
its
lowest
ebb
.
Why
?
Not
because
our
voters
are
smarter
than
other
people
;
we
've
disposed
of
that
argument
.
Mr.
Tammany
can
you
tell
us
why
our
system
works
better
than
any
used
by
our
ancestors
?
"
I
do
n't
know
where
Clyde
Tammany
got
his
name
;
I
'd
take
him
for
a
Hindu
.
He
answered
,
"
Uh
,
I
'd
venture
to
guess
that
it
's
because
the
electors
are
a
small
group
who
know
that
the
decisions
are
up
to
them
...
so
they
study
the
issues
.
"
"
No
guessing
,
please
;
this
is
exact
science
.
And
your
guess
is
wrong
.
The
ruling
nobles
of
many
another
system
were
a
small
group
fully
aware
of
their
grave
power
.
Furthermore
,
our
franchised
citizens
are
not
everywhere
a
small
fraction
;
you
know
or
should
know
that
the
percentage
of
citizens
among
adults
ranges
from
over
eighty
per
cent
on
Iskander
to
less
than
three
per
cent
in
some
Terran
nations
yet
government
is
much
the
same
everywhere
.
Nor
are
the
voters
picked
men
;
they
bring
no
special
wisdom
,
talent
,
or
training
to
their
sovereign
tasks
.
So
what
difference
is
there
between
our
voters
and
wielders
of
franchise
in
the
past
?
We
have
had
enough
guesses
;
I
'll
state
the
obvious
:
Under
our
system
every
voter
and
officeholder
is
a
man
who
has
demonstrated
through
voluntary
and
difficult
service
that
he
places
the
welfare
of
the
group
ahead
of
personal
advantage
.
"
And
that
is
the
one
practical
difference
.
"
"
He
may
fail
in
wisdom
,
he
may
lapse
in
civic
virtue
.
But
his
average
performance
is
enormously
better
than
that
of
any
other
class
of
rulers
in
history
.
"
Major
Reid
paused
to
touch
the
face
of
an
old-fashioned
watch
,
"
reading
"
its
hands
.
"
The
period
is
almost
over
and
we
have
yet
to
determine
the
moral
reason
for
our
success
in
governing
ourselves
.
Now
continued
success
is
never
a
matter
of
chance
.
Bear
in
mind
that
this
is
science
,
not
wishful
thinking
;
the
universe
is
what
it
is
,
not
what
we
want
it
to
be
.
To
vote
is
to
wield
authority
;
it
is
the
supreme
authority
from
which
all
other
authority
derives
--
such
as
mine
to
make
your
lives
miserable
once
a
day
.
Force
,
if
you
will
!
--
the
franchise
is
force
,
naked
and
raw
,
the
Power
of
the
Rods
and
the
Ax
.
Whether
it
is
exerted
by
ten
men
or
by
ten
billion
,
political
authority
is
force
.
"
"
But
this
universe
consists
of
paired
dualities
.
What
is
the
converse
of
authority
?
Mr.
Rico
.
"
