The legislator should direct his attention above all to the education of youth; for the neglect of education does harm to the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Yet the true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme povery lowers the character of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Because the rich are generally few in number, while the poor are many, they appear to be antagonistic, and as the one… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Every man should be responsible to others, nor should anyone be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
And what has come to prevail in democracies is the very reverse of beneficial, in those, that is, which are regarded as… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Just as a royal rule, if not a mere name, must exist by virtue of some great personal superiority in the king,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In the many forms of government which have sprung up there has always been an acknowledgement of justice and proportionate equality, although… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The many are more incorruptible than the few; they are like the greater quantity of water which is less easily corrupted than… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Democracy appears to be safer and less liable to revolution than oligarchy. For in oligarchies there is the double danger of the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Of old, the demagogue was also a general, and then democracies changed into tyrannies. Most of the ancient tyrants were originally demagogues.… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers, and oligarchy in which the rich; it is only an… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The form of government is a democracy when the free, who are also poor and the majority, govern, and an oligarchy when… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
No democracy can exist unless each of its citizens is as capable of outrage at injustice to another as he is of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The right constitutions, three in number- kingship, aristocracy, and polity- and the deviations from these, likewise three in number - tyranny from… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“When states are democratically governed according to law, there are no demagogues, and the best citizens are securely in the saddle; but… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“the fact that it took the rise of democracies and otherwise open societies at Athens and elsewhere to create the climate in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In the Laws it is maintained that the best constitution is made up of democracy and tyranny, which are either not constitutions… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A democracy when put to the strain grows weak, and is supplanted by Oligarchy. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A government which is composed of the middle class more nearly approximates to democracy than to oligarchy, and is the safest of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employment. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Neither should we forget the mean, which at the present day is lost sight of in perverted forms of government; for many… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A democracy exists whenever those who are free and are not well-off, being in the majority, are in sovereign control of government,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Money originated with royalty and slavery, it has nothing to do with democracy or the struggle of the empoverished enslaved majority. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There is an error common to both oligarchies and to democracies: in the latter the demagogues, when the multitude are above the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Of governments there are said to be only two forms - democracy and oligarchy. For aristocracy is considered to be a kind… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The knowledge of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in general, and, above all, to our understanding of Nature, for… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
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. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
