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If other questions are rightly settled, whether parliament has one chamber or two matters little

Drawn from what John Stuart Mill said

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democracy Elections, the losers accepting them, and the rules that keep power answerable to voters.

What John Stuart Mill actually said

  1. John Stuart Mill Philosopher (1806 to 1873), a utilitarian and liberal
    For my own part, I set little value on any check which a Second Chamber can apply to a democracy otherwise unchecked; and I am inclined to think that if all other constitutional questions are rightly decided, it is of comparatively little importance whether the Parliament consists of two Chambers or only of one.

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