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Quotation from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill
“In a really equal democracy, every or any section would be represented, not disproportionately, but proportionately.”
Considerations on Representative Government, Ch. VII (Project Gutenberg text)
Mill's definition of true democracy, introducing Hare's system of personal representation.
Citation: "In a really equal democracy, every or any section would be represented, not disproportionately, but proportionately." — John Stuart Mill, Considerations on Representative Government, Ch. VII (Project Gutenberg text). (id mill-considerations-on-representative-government-q5)
Portrait: John Stuart Mill by London Stereoscopic Company, c1870, London Stereoscopic Company, Public domain.
