"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."

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Source : Quoted in Arthur Livingstone (ed) TheMind and Society (1935).

Vilfredo Pareto

#Government Quotes #Expression Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I think the fact that I created something and had an enormous influence is indisputable.”
“There is an hour of the afternoon when the plain is on the verge of saying something. It never says, or perhaps it says it infinitely, or perhaps we do not understand it, or we understand it and it is untranslatable as music.”
“Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed.”

Source : L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (2010). “The Parafaith War”, p.168, Macmillan
“When your Daemon is in charge, do not try to think consciously. Drift, wait, and obey.”
“'Media' is the plural for 'mediocre'.”
“There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation.”
“You know, I got the third most uninsured district in the whole state of Texas, probably number nine in the whole country. As a Blue Dog, I'm also looking at the cost. So, I have got a very unique district.”

Source : "Interview with Rep. Henry Cuellar". "Anderson Cooper 360°", www.realclearpolitics.com. March 18, 2010.
“Thereâ€™s no point in being unhappy about things you canâ€™t change, and no point being unhappy about things you can.”

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