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Quotation from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill
“The right to share in the choice of those who are to exercise a public trust, is altogether a distinct thing from that of competing for the trust itself.”
The Subjection of Women, Chapter III (Project Gutenberg text (1869 first edition))
Mill separates the question of the vote from the question of women's fitness for office.
Citation: "The right to share in the choice of those who are to exercise a public trust, is altogether a distinct thing from that of competing for the trust itself." — John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women, Chapter III (Project Gutenberg text (1869 first edition)). (id the-subjection-of-women-q5)
Portrait: John Stuart Mill by London Stereoscopic Company, c1870, London Stereoscopic Company, Public domain.
