The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses. (John Stuart Mill)

The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses.

John Stuart Mill

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