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Quotation from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill
“the ideally best form of government is that in which the sovereignty, or supreme controlling power in the last resort, is vested in the entire aggregate of the community”
Considerations on Representative Government, Ch. III (Project Gutenberg text)
The thesis that the chapter goes on to defend from both the protection of rights and the formation of character.
Citation: "the ideally best form of government is that in which the sovereignty, or supreme controlling power in the last resort, is vested in the entire aggregate of the community" — John Stuart Mill, Considerations on Representative Government, Ch. III (Project Gutenberg text). (id mill-considerations-on-representative-government-q2)
Portrait: John Stuart Mill by London Stereoscopic Company, c1870, London Stereoscopic Company, Public domain.
