Full Idea
The state is the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly it lies, too; and this lie creeps from its mouth: 'I, the state, am the people'. It is a lie!
Gist of Idea
The state coldly claims that it is the people, but that is a lie
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra [1884], 1.12)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1969], p.75
A Reaction
This strikes me as just as true even after everyone gets the vote. Rulers can't help gradually forgetting about the people.