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Considerations on Representative Government

A work by John Stuart Mill, first published in 1861

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  • What korrents draws from it

    One person with a belief has the social power of ninety-nine who have only interests, The chief merit of a form of government is to promote the virtue and intelligence of the people, In an advanced country a good despotism is more harmful than a bad one …

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    John Stuart Mill

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First published
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Claims on korrents
201

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. One person with a belief has the social power of ninety-nine who have only interests (opens korrents.com)1

  2. The chief merit of a form of government is to promote the virtue and intelligence of the people (opens korrents.com)1

  3. In an advanced country a good despotism is more harmful than a bad one (opens korrents.com)1

  4. The ideally best government gives supreme power to the whole community, with citizens taking part (opens korrents.com)1

  5. A large assembly is as unfit to draft legislation directly as to administer (opens korrents.com)1

  6. A great danger of democracy is class legislation serving the dominant class (opens korrents.com)1

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  1. Considerations on Representative Government (1861) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. Considerations on Representative Government, Q5163201 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)

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