The assertion that men are objectively equal is so absurd that it does not even merit being refuted. Vilfredo Pareto More Quotes by Vilfredo Pareto More Quotes From Vilfredo Pareto The party that called itself liberal aimed at respecting the liberty to dispose of one's own goods Vilfredo Pareto political party philosophy The diverse natures of men, combined with the necessity to satisfy in some manner the sentiment which desires them to be equal, has had the result that in the democracies they have endeavored to provide the appearance of power in the people and the reality of power in an elite. Vilfredo Pareto men reality people My wish is to construct a system of sociology on the model of celestial mechanics, physics, and chemistry. Vilfredo Pareto chemistry physics wish Empirical laws [...] have only slight or even no value beyond the limits within which they have been observed to be true. Vilfredo Pareto being-true limits law Usually, so far as improvement in the people's economic conditions is concerned, humanitarians simply play the role of the busybody. Vilfredo Pareto roles play people Give me the fruitful error any time, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections. You can keep your sterile truth for yourself. Vilfredo Pareto me you truth time
