When it is useful to them, men can believe a theory of which they know nothing more than its name.
If you're Noah, and your ark is about to sink, look for the elephants first, because you can throw over a bunch of cats, dogs, squirrels, and everyth… - Vilfredo Pareto
If you're Noah, and your ark is about to sink, look for the elephants first, because you can throw over a bunch of cats, dogs, squirrels, and everyth…
- Vilfredo Pareto
The intent of sincere humanitarians is to do good to society, just as the intent of the child who kills a bird by to much fondling is to do good to t… - Vilfredo Pareto
The intent of sincere humanitarians is to do good to society, just as the intent of the child who kills a bird by to much fondling is to do good to t…
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 oligar… - Vilfredo Pareto
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 oligar…
Men follow their sentiments and their self-interest, but it pleases them to imagine that they follow reason. And so they look for, and always find, s… - Vilfredo Pareto
Men follow their sentiments and their self-interest, but it pleases them to imagine that they follow reason. And so they look for, and always find, s…
The economic and social theories used by those who take part in the social struggle ought to be judged not by their objective value but primarily for… - Vilfredo Pareto
The economic and social theories used by those who take part in the social struggle ought to be judged not by their objective value but primarily for…
There are some people who imagine that they can disarm their enemy by complacent flattery. They are wrong. The world has always belonged to the stron… - Vilfredo Pareto
There are some people who imagine that they can disarm their enemy by complacent flattery. They are wrong. The world has always belonged to the stron…
For a very long time, and among a large number of peoples, political power has belonged to the owners of the land. - Vilfredo Pareto
For a very long time, and among a large number of peoples, political power has belonged to the owners of the land.
The liberals who demanded equality of taxation on behalf of the poor, for instance, did not imagine that they would obtain progressive taxation to th… - Vilfredo Pareto
The liberals who demanded equality of taxation on behalf of the poor, for instance, did not imagine that they would obtain progressive taxation to th…
The assertion that men are objectively equal is so absurd that it does not even merit being refuted. - Vilfredo Pareto
The assertion that men are objectively equal is so absurd that it does not even merit being refuted.
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