All governments use force and all assert that they are founded on reason. In fact, whether universal suffrage prevails or not, it is always an oligarchy that governs, finding ways to give to'the will of the people'the expression which the few desire.


The Mind and Society: The general form of society (ed. 1935)

Vilfredo Pareto Quotes

All governments use force and all assert that they are founded on reason. In fact, whether universal suffrage prevails or not, it is always an...

All governments use force and all assert that they are founded on reason. In fact, whether universal suffrage prevails or not, it is always an...

All governments use force and all assert that they are founded on reason. In fact, whether universal suffrage prevails or not, it is always an...

All governments use force and all assert that they are founded on reason. In fact, whether universal suffrage prevails or not, it is always an...