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Oligarchies are not necessarily good or bad, however, where “rule is by the few,” they tend to rule in favor of themselves.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2024

Oligarchies are unjust to the many, and ochlocracies are unjust to the few.

From Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man by Wilde, Oscar

Oligarchies are unjust to the many, and ochlocracies are unjust to the few. 

From The Soul of Man under Socialism by Wilde, Oscar

Oligarchies olden opposed olive offering, Prussia pressed Paris, Polish protection proffering, Quaint Quebec quickly quartered quotidian quota, Renascent Russia, resonant, reported regal rota.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

While Kings and Oligarchies were in the ascendency, the Standard of Right—the King's or the Oligarchs' will—were based on his or their ideas of right.

From Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various