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"Deliberation seems to be elitist, more appropriate to university seminars and scientific communities than to the general public. Even if everyone could participate in deliberation, would not the more competent and better situated citizens tend to carry the day." – James Bohman, in "Public Deliberation: Pluralism, Complexity, and Democracy"
"Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an immeasurable length: they spread Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority." – John Fletcher, "The Honest Man's Fortune" (1613)