against
the
rulers.
For
neither of
them will
ever be
willing to
serve the
other, and
if they
look for
some form
of
government
more
suitable
to both,
they will
find none
better
than this,
for the
rich and
the poor
will never
consent to
rule in
turn,
because
they
mistrust
one
another.
The
arbiter is
always the
one
trusted,
and he who
is in the
middle is
an
arbiter.
The more
perfect
the
admixture
of the
political


