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Quotation from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill
“Free institutions are next to impossible in a country made up of different nationalities.”
Considerations on Representative Government, Ch. XVI (Project Gutenberg text)
Mill argues that representative government depends on a united public opinion formed by shared language and fellow-feeling.
Citation: "Free institutions are next to impossible in a country made up of different nationalities." — John Stuart Mill, Considerations on Representative Government, Ch. XVI (Project Gutenberg text). (id mill-considerations-on-representative-government-q8)
Portrait: John Stuart Mill by London Stereoscopic Company, c1870, London Stereoscopic Company, Public domain.
