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- A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange...Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Politics
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Politics
- The basis of a democratic state is liberty.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Politics
- Evil draws men together.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Rhetoric
- It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Rhetoric
- Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
- Demosthenes (384 BC - 322 BC), First Olynthiac
- Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
- Mencius (371 BC - 289 BC), Works
- Sincerity is the way of Heaven.
- Mencius (371 BC - 289 BC), Works
- Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.
- Mencius (371 BC - 289 BC), Works
- He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
- Chuang-tzu (369 BC - 286 BC), The Great Supreme
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