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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

In some instances the Wives take the reins of government, being heiresses: here the rule is carried on not in right of goodness but by reason of wealth and power, as it is in Oligarchies.

From Ethics by Aristotle

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

Oligarchies also are subject to revolutions, from those who are in office therein, from the quarrels of the demagogues with each other.

From Politics: A Treatise on Government by Ellis, William