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"The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience." -- W.E.B. Du Bois (b. 1898-02-23, d. 1963-08-27), "Reconstruction and Its Benefits", read at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in New York, December, 1909; printed in The American Historical Review, July, 1910 [Thanks to extraarcha for quoting this earlier.]