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title: "35 Citizens Quotes By Aristotle"
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> [The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-best-political-community-is-formed-by-citizens-of-the-middle-class/)

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> [In a polity, each citizen is to possess his own arms, which are not supplied or owned by the state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/in-a-polity-each-citizen-is-to-possess-his-own-arms-which-are-not/)

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> [The good citizen need not of necessity possess the virtue which makes a good man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-good-citizen-need-not-of-necessity-possess-the-virtue-which-makes/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [When the citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called by the generic name - a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/when-the-citizens-at-large-administer-the-state-for-the-common/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/it-is-not-always-the-same-thing-to-be-a-good-man-and-a-good-citizen/)

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> [The virtue of the good man is necessarily the same as the virtue of the citizen of the perfect state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-virtue-of-the-good-man-is-necessarily-the-same-as-the-virtue-of/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [Great is the good fortune of a state in which the citizens have a moderate and sufficient property.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/great-is-the-good-fortune-of-a-state-in-which-the-citizens-have-a/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [In most constitutional states the citizens rule and are ruled by turns, for the idea of a constitutional state implies that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/in-most-constitutional-states-the-citizens-rule-and-are-ruled-by/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [To leave the number of births unrestricted, as is done in most states, inevitably causes poverty among the citizens, and poverty produces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/to-leave-the-number-of-births-unrestricted-as-is-done-in-most-states/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [In the perfect state the good man is absolutely the same as the good citizen; whereas in other states the good citizen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/in-the-perfect-state-the-good-man-is-absolutely-the-same-as-the-good/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [No democracy can exist unless each of its citizens is as capable of outrage at injustice to another as he is of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/no-democracy-can-exist-unless-each-of-its-citizens-is-as-capable-of/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/tyrants-preserve-themselves-by-sowing-fear-and-mistrust-among-the/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [The same things are best both for individuals and for states, and these are the things which the legislator ought to implant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-same-things-are-best-both-for-individuals-and-for-states-and/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [The government of freemen is nobler and implies more virtue than despotic government. Neither is a city to be deemed happy or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-government-of-freemen-is-nobler-and-implies-more-virtue-than/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [Even if we could suppose the citizen body to be virtuous, without each of them being so, yet the latter would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/even-if-we-could-suppose-the-citizen-body-to-be-virtuous-without-each/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [One would have thought that it was even more necessary to limit population than property; and that the limit should be fixed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/one-would-have-thought-that-it-was-even-more-necessary-to-limit/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-true-forms-of-government-therefore-are-those-in-which-the-one-or/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [If the state cannot be entirely composed of good men, and yet each citizen is expected to do his own business well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/if-the-state-cannot-be-entirely-composed-of-good-men-and-yet-each/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [The tyrant, who in order to hold his power, suppresses every superiority, does away with good men, forbids education and light, controls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-tyrant-who-in-order-to-hold-his-power-suppresses-every/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [When we look at the matter from another point of view, great caution would seem to be required. For the habit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/when-we-look-at-the-matter-from-another-point-of-view-great-caution/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [Inasmuch as every family is a part of a state, and these relationships are the parts of a family, and the virtue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/inasmuch-as-every-family-is-a-part-of-a-state-and-these-relationships/)

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> [Now what is just and right is to be interpreted in the sense of 'what is equal'; and that which is right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/now-what-is-just-and-right-is-to-be-interpreted-in-the-sense-of-what/)

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> [We must speak first about the division of land and about those who cultivate it: who should they be and what kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/we-must-speak-first-about-the-division-of-land-and-about-those-who/)

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> [Since the whole city has one end, it is manifest that education should be one and the same for all, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/since-the-whole-city-has-one-end-it-is-manifest-that-education-should/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [It must not be supposed that happiness will demand many or great possessions; for self-sufficiency does not depend on excessive abundance, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/it-must-not-be-supposed-that-happiness-will-demand-many-or-great/)

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> [Nor was civil society founded merely to preserve the lives of its members; but that they might live well: for otherwise a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/nor-was-civil-society-founded-merely-to-preserve-the-lives-of-its/)

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> [What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/what-the-statesman-is-most-anxious-to-produce-is-a-certain-moral/)

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> [One citizen differs from another, but the salvation of the community is the common business of them all. This community is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/one-citizen-differs-from-another-but-the-salvation-of-the-community/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [For legislators make the citizens good by forming habits in them, and this is the wish of every legislator, and those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/for-legislators-make-the-citizens-good-by-forming-habits-in-them-and/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [The citizens begin by giving up some part of the constitution, and so with greater ease the government change something else which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-citizens-begin-by-giving-up-some-part-of-the-constitution-and-so/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [Some things the legislator must find ready to his hand in a state, others he must provide. And therefore we can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/some-things-the-legislator-must-find-ready-to-his-hand-in-a-state/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/so-we-must-lay-it-down-that-the-association-which-is-a-state-exists/)

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> [That which most contributes to the permanence of constitutions is the adaptation of education to the form of government, and yet in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/that-which-most-contributes-to-the-permanence-of-constitutions-is-the/)

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> [It has been well said that 'he who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.' The two are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/it-has-been-well-said-that-he-who-has-never-learned-to-obey-cannot-be/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-legislator-should-direct-his-attention-above-all-to-the-education/)

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## Other authors on Citizens

## More by Aristotle

> [The knowledge of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in general, and, above all, to our understanding of Nature, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-knowledge-of-the-soul-admittedly-contributes-greatly-to-the/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/young-men-have-strong-passions-and-tend-to-gratify-them/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind is at its best about the age of forty-nine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-body-is-at-its-best-between-the-ages-of-thirty-and-thirty-five/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-ensouled-is-distinguished-from-the-unsouled-by-its-being-alive/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/although-it-may-be-difficult-in-theory-to-know-what-is-just-and-equal/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-true-forms-of-government-therefore-are-those-in-which-the-one-or/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [All men by nature desire to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/all-men-by-nature-desire-to-know/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/all-persons-ought-to-endeavor-to-follow-what-is-right-and-not-what-is/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/give-a-man-a-fish-you-feed-him-for-a-day-give-a-man-a-poisoned-fish/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-man-who-confers-a-favour-would-rather-not-be-repaid-in-the-same/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [The mother of revolution and crime is poverty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-mother-of-revolution-and-crime-is-poverty/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/obstinate-people-can-be-divided-into-the-opinionated-the-ignorant-and/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/happiness-does-not-consist-in-pastimes-and-amusements-but-in-virtuous/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/to-learn-is-a-natural-pleasure-not-confined-to-philosophers-but/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/every-virtue-is-a-mean-between-two-extremes-each-of-which-is-a-vice/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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                        "text": "The citizens begin by giving up some part of the constitution, and so with greater ease the government change something else which is a little more important, until they have undermined the whole fabric of the state.",
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                        "text": "Some things the legislator must find ready to his hand in a state, others he must provide. And therefore we can only say: May our state be constituted in such a manner as to be blessed with the goods of which fortune disposes (for we acknowledge her power): whereas virtue and goodness in the state are not a matter of chance but the result of knowledge and purpose. A city can be virtuous only when the citizens who have a share in the government are virtuous, and in our state all the citizens share in the government.",
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