society Quotes

That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it

For man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all; since armed injustice is the more dangerous, and he is equipped at birth with the arms of intelligence... ...

At his best, a human is the noblest animal; without laws and justice, he is the worst.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

Since the whole city has one end, it is manifest that education should be one and the same for all, and that it should be public, and not private - not as at present, when every one looks after his... ...

The greatest threat to the state is not faction but distraction

No democracy can exist unless each of its citizens is as capable of outrage at injustice to another as he is of outrage at unjustice to himself.

The science that studies the supreme good for man is politics.

There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of the field; and sometimes, if the stock be good, there springs up for a time a succession of splendid men; and then comes a period of... ...

If men are given food, but no chastisement nor any work, they become insolent.