Don Colacho’s Aphorisms

The number of votes by which a ruler is elected is not a measure of his legitimacy but his mediocrity. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selecc...

An historical period is the period of time during which a certain definition of the legitimate prevails. Revolution is the transition from ...

Popular consent is an index of legitimacy, but not a cause. In the debate over the legitimacy of power neither its origin in the vote nor i...

The “rational,” the “natural,” the “legitimate,” are nothing more than what is customary. To live under a political constitution that endur...

The legitimacy of power depends not on its origin, but on its ends. Nothing is forbidden to power if its origin grants it legitimacy, as th...