I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

 

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?
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Also attributed to Andrew Bonar Law, Thomas Carlyle, Mahatma Gandhi and Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin.

 

Benjamin Disraeli

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