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> [The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because its hopeless inefficiency helps blunt the basic potential for evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-myhrvold/the-reason-societies-with-democratic-governments-are-better-places-to/)

[Nathan Myhrvold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-myhrvold/)

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