Voltaire Quote

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.


As quoted in: Walter Bagehot The English Constitution (1867) ch. 5


The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.