government Quotes

The best political community is one where the middle class has control and is larger than both other classes.

A democracy when put to the strain grows weak, and is supplanted by Oligarchy.

. .we would have to say that hereditary succession is harmful. You may say the king, having sovereign power, will not in that case hand over to his children. But it is hard to believe that: it is a difficult... ...

A very populous city can rarely, if ever, be well governed.

Aristocracy is that form of government in which education and discipline are qualifications for suffrage and office holding.