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"We are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few."

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Democracy

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About Thucydides

Thucydides was an ancient Greek historian and Athenian general best known for History of the Peloponnesian War. His approach to evidence and causation made his work foundational for later political and historical analysis.

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