John Burgess

1844 – 1931

John Burgess (August 26, 1844 – January 13, 1931) was a pioneering American political scientist.

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"It is difficult to see why the most advantageous political system, for the present, would not be a democratic state with an artistocratic government, provided only the artistocracy be that of real merit, and not of artificial qualities. If this be not the real principle of the republican form of government then I must confess that I do not know what its principle is."

- John Burgess

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