This problem was described in much simpler terms long ago : " Quis custodiet ipsos custodes ? " ( Who will guard the guards ? ) It sounds like you would prefer a republic over a democracy, but that only works if the representatives actually represent you.
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The mentor, dividing human motivations into three types, explains that the Patrol, which has the responsibility of holding the ultimate weapon and keeping overall peace, is manned by a certain sort of person, the man of ideals ( its motto is " Quis custodiet ipsos custodes ? ) ."
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The House of Lords held : it was immaterial that the appellant was unsure of the exact nature of the substance in his possession in that in any event he believed that he was dealing with either heroin or cannabis the importation of which was prohibited . Lord Bridge of Harwich stated : I cannot conclude this opinion without disclosing that I have had the advantage, since the conclusion of the argument in this appeal, of reading an article by Professor Glanville Williams entitled The Lords and Impossible Attempts, or Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes ? [ 1986 ] Cambridge L . J . 33.
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So he tries to act like a good person, often in situations where the map is unclear . " This, along with the Discworld habit of pushing any theory as hard as it goes, appears to have culminated in Vimes'psyche creating its own'internal policeman'to " Guard the Guardsmen ", ( cf . " Quis custodiet ipsos custodes ? " ), and Vimes'own sense of justice being so strong that, in Thud !, it was even able to fend off the attempts to possess him by a'quasi-demonic " thing " of pure vengeance '.
