--- title: "17 Citizens Quotes By Plato" description: "17 Citizens quotes by Plato. Plus more from Plato and more Citizens sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/plato-103_citizens_justice-in-the-life-and-conduct-of-the-s_1457671.jpg" --- > [Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/justice-in-the-life-and-conduct-of-the-state-is-possible-only-as/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/plato-103_citizens_justice-in-the-life-and-conduct-of-the-s_1457671.jpg) > [Each citizen should play his part in the community according to his individual gifts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/each-citizen-should-play-his-part-in-the-community-according-to-his/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/plato-103_citizens_each-citizen-should-play-his-part-in-the_2735619.jpg) > [When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/when-the-citizens-of-a-society-can-see-and-hear-their-leaders-then/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/plato-103_citizens_when-the-citizens-of-a-society-can-see-a_1782630.jpg) > [This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/this-city-is-what-it-is-because-our-citizens-are-what-they-are/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/plato-103_citizens_this-city-is-what-it-is-because-our-citi_2525942.jpg) > [By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/by-education-i-mean-that-training-in-excellence-from-youth-upward/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/plato-103_citizens_by-education-i-mean-that-training-in-exc_1489383.jpg) > [To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/to-the-rulers-of-the-state-then-if-to-any-it-belongs-of-right-to-use/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/plato-103_citizens_to-the-rulers-of-the-state-then-if-to-an_2503722.jpg) > [The doctors will treat those of your citizens whose physical and psychological constitution is good: as for the others, they will leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-doctors-will-treat-those-of-your-citizens-whose-physical-and/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5f/plato-103_citizens_the-doctors-will-treat-those-of-your-cit_1256391.jpg) > [No town can live peacefully whatever its laws when its citizens do nothing but feast and drink and tire themselves out in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/no-town-can-live-peacefully-whatever-its-laws-when-its-citizens-do/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/plato-103_care_no-town-can-live-peacefully-whatever-its_2886391.jpg) > [A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/a-democracy-is-a-state-in-which-the-poor-gaining-the-upper-hand-kill/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/plato-103_citizens_a-democracy-is-a-state-in-which-the-poor_717834.jpg) > [He who is only an athlete is too crude, too vulgar, too much a savage. He who is a scholar only is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/he-who-is-only-an-athlete-is-too-crude-too-vulgar-too-much-a-savage/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d4/plato-103_action_he-who-is-only-an-athlete-is-too-crude-t_2913717.jpg) > [And a democracy, I suppose, comes into being when the poor, winning the victory, put to death some of the other party,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/and-a-democracy-i-suppose-comes-into-being-when-the-poor-winning-the/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/plato-103_citizens_and-a-democracy-i-suppose-comes-into-bei_919173.jpg) > [There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/there-should-exist-among-the-citizens-neither-extreme-poverty-nor/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/861/plato-103_citizens_there-should-exist-among-the-citizens-ne_2103858.jpg) > [And is it not true that in like manner a leader of the people who, getting control of a docile mob, does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/and-is-it-not-true-that-in-like-manner-a-leader-of-the-people-who/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22f/plato-103_abolition_and-is-it-not-true-that-in-like-manner-a_2217314.jpg) > [My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/my-good-friend-you-are-a-citizen-of-athens-a-city-which-is-very-great/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/plato-103_always-room-for-impr_my-good-friend-you-are-a-citizen-of-athe_2783036.jpg) > [And once we have given our community a good start,' I pointed out, ' the process will be cumulative. By maintaining a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/and-once-we-have-given-our-community-a-good-start-i-pointed-out-the/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/plato-103_able_and-once-we-have-given-our-community-a-g_919068.jpg) > [The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-form-of-law-which-i-propose-would-be-as-follows-in-a-state-which/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/plato-103_citizens_the-form-of-law-which-i-propose-would-be_1782101.jpg) > [That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/that-politician-who-curries-favor-with-the-citizens-and-indulges-them/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/plato-103_citizens_that-politician-who-curries-favor-with-t_675636.jpg) ## Other authors on Citizens ## More by Plato > [Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/each-man-is-capable-of-doing-one-thing-well-if-he-attempts-several-he/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/you-may-be-sure-dear-crito-that-inaccurate-language-is-not-only-in/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/if-men-learn-this-it-will-implant-forgetfulness-in-their-souls-they/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/knowledge-which-is-acquired-under-compulsion-obtains-no-hold-on-the/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [I do not think it is permitted that a better man be harmed by a worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/i-do-not-think-it-is-permitted-that-a-better-man-be-harmed-by-a-worse/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/any-city-however-small-is-in-fact-divided-into-two-one-the-city-of/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/when-men-speak-ill-of-thee-live-so-as-nobody-may-believe-them/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“The love of man to woman is a thing common and of course, and at first partakes more of instinct and passion than of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-love-of-man-to-woman-is-a-thing-common-and-of-course-and-at-first/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school, and the one man that dares to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/strange-times-are-these-in-which-we-live-when-old-and-young-are/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“He was a wise man who invented God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/he-was-a-wise-man-who-invented-god/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/for-let-me-tell-you-that-the-more-the-pleasures-of-the-body-fade-away/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“What shall we say about those spectators, then, who can see a plurality of beautiful things, but not beauty itself, and who are incapable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/what-shall-we-say-about-those-spectators-then-who-can-see-a-plurality/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Geometry existed before creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/geometry-existed-before-creation/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/when-men-speak-ill-of-thee-live-so-that-nobody-will-believe-them/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [We must, if we are to be consistent, and if we re to have a real pedigree herd, mate the best of our men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/we-must-if-we-are-to-be-consistent-and-if-we-re-to-have-a-real/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/citizens/plato/#itemlist", 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