An idea from On Liberty

Even where officials would do a job better, leave some of it to citizens: running juries, towns and associations is how a free people learns to govern. The safe rule is “the greatest dissemination of power consistent with efficiency”, with information gathered centrally and shared.

From On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

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