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Quotes from The Swiss Democracy: The Study of a Sovereign People — Henry Demarest Lloyd

1847–1903

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Everywhere, in the commune, the canton, the Confederation, the persistent dominant desire of the people to retain direct control over specific acts of government, and to refuse plenary powers to elected representatives, gives special character to Swiss democracy.

The Swiss Democracy: The Study of a Sovereign People (1908)

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