Politics Quotes by Aristotle

Evil brings men together.

— Aristotle

Man is naturally a political animal.

— Aristotle

Man is by nature a political animal.

— Aristotle

Aristotle said: "Evil brings men together."

— Aristotle

A human being is a naturally political [animal].

— Aristotle

So it is clear that the search for what is just is a search for the mean; for the law is the…

— Aristotle

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

— Aristotle

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

— Aristotle

It is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal.

— Aristotle

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

— Aristotle

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employment.

— Aristotle

“Man is a political animal. A man who lives alone is either a Beast or a God”

— Aristotle

The student of politics therefore as well as the psychologist must study the nature of the soul.

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

A state is an association of similar persons whose aim is the best life possible. What is best is happiness, and to…

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The form of government is a democracy when the free, who are also poor and the majority, govern, and an oligarchy when…

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The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.

— Aristotle

Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers, and oligarchy in which the rich; it is only an…

— Aristotle

Those who have been eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, and the arts have all had tendencies toward melancholia.

— Aristotle

The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy.

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Those that deem politics beneath their dignity are doomed to be governed by those of lesser talents.

— Aristotle

That which most contributes to the permanence of constitutions is the adaptation of education to the form of government, and yet in…

— Aristotle

Now property is part of a household, and the acquisition of property part of household-management; for neither life itself nor the good…

— Aristotle

Every community is an association of some kind and every community is established with a view to some good; for everyone always…

— Aristotle

The citizens begin by giving up some part of the constitution, and so with greater ease the government change something else which…

— Aristotle

...the life which is best for men, both separately, as individuals, and in the mass, as states, is the life which has…

— Aristotle

Property should be in a general sense common, but as a general rule private... In well-ordered states, although every man has his…

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“Hence it is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal. And…

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There are still two forms besides democracy and oligarchy; one of them is universally recognized and included among the four principal forms…

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For suppose that every tool we had could perform its task, either at our bidding or itself perceiving the need, and if-like…

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So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but…

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The legislator should direct his attention above all to the education of youth; for the neglect of education does harm to the…

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And what has come to prevail in democracies is the very reverse of beneficial, in those, that is, which are regarded as…

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A young man is not a proper hearer of lectures on political science; for he is inexperienced in the actions that occur…

— Aristotle

These, then, are the four kinds of royalty. First the monarchy of the heroic ages; this was exercised over voluntary subjects, but…

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“If, then, there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake (everything else being desired…

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Every effort therefore must be made to perpetuate prosperity. And, since that is to the advantage of the rich as well as…

— Aristotle

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments.

— Aristotle

...happiness is an activity and a complete utilization of virtue, not conditionally but absolutely.

— Aristotle

Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers.

— Aristotle