Quote#Speech
We are beginning to see that government by majorities means…
Quote byPeter Kropotkin · 1842–1921
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Conquest of Bread (1892), Ch. 3 : Anarchist Communism, p. 81.
English (original)
We are beginning to see that government by majorities means abandoning all the affairs of the country to the tide-waiters who make up the majorities in the House and in election committees; to those, in a word, who have no pinion of their own.
— Peter Kropotkin
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