John Stuart Mill, On Representative Government (1861), Ch. VI
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A bureaucracy always tends to become a pedantocracy.
— John Stuart Mill on Bureaucracy
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About John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), also known as J. S. Mill, was an English political philosopher and economist who was an advocate of utilitarianism.
About John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), also known as J. S. Mill, was an English political philosopher and economist who was an advocate of utilitarianism.
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