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Considerations on Representative Government

Book by John Stuart Mill · 3 quotes · Government, Representative Government, Representatives

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“The natural tendency of representative government, as of modern civilisation, is towards collective mediocrity: and this tendency is increased by all reductions and extensions of the franchise, their effect being to place the principal power in the hands of classes more and more below the highest level of instruction in the community.”