Parliamentarism... is a perverse solution to the problem of democracy. A Parliament can not speak on behalf of the people, because democracy means the rule of the people, not of those who act on its behalf.
— Muammar Gaddafi Contemporary

Libyan dictator

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The Green Book

Date / Period

1975

Category

Philosophical

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_International_Theory

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