Great saying by great authors Quote by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The poor complain that they are governed badly. The rich complain that they are governed at all.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“The poor have been rebels, but they have never become anarchists: they have got more interest than anyone in there being some decent government.…

— G.K. Chesterton

As recognized since ancient times, the coexistence of very rich and very poor leads to two possibilities, neither a happy one. The rich can…

— Angus Deaton

“In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority…

— Aristotle

The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.

— Anonymous

A well governed people are generally a people who do not think much.

— Andre Siegfried

No longer enslaved or made dependent by force of law, the great majority are so by force of property; they are still chained to…

— John Stuart Mill

“Often, this has only meant a change in tyranny. In other words, one ruling class is replaced by another—sometimes by one that is more…

— Isaac Asimov

A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by the rich…

— Harold Laski

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority…

— Aristotle

“There are two extremes to be avoided, one is the disposition of the rich to aggrandize themselves at the expense of the poor. .…

— George Q. Cannon