Political Quotes by Plato

And the quality of good judgement is clearly a form of knowledge and skill, as it is because of knowledge and not…

— Plato

Is there anything worse for a state than to be split and disunited? or anything better than cohesion and unity?

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... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor.

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If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule…

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...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy…

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The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.

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In one sense it is evident that the art of kingship does include the art of lawmaking. But the political ideal is…

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For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are…

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... the community suffers nothing very terrible if its cobblers are bad and become degenerate and pretentious; but if the Guardians of…

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The human race will have no respite from evils until those who are really philosophers acquire political power or until, through some…

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The philosopher is in love with truth, that is, not with the changing world of sensation, which is the object of opinion,…

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Interference by the three classes with each other s jobs, and interchange of jobs between them, therefore, does the greatest harm to…

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... what we can be positive about is what we have just said, namely that they must be given the right education,…

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We must, if we are to be consistent, and if we re to have a real pedigree herd, mate the best of…

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The principles are important. First, the interest of the state or society counts for everything, that of the individual for nothing. Second,…

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Because, unlike courage and wisdom, which made our state brave and wise by being present in a particular part of it, discipline…

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Their military training will ensure success in war, but they must maintain unity by not allowing the state to grow to large,…

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So the state founded on natural principles is wise as a whole in virtue of the knowledge inherent in its smallest constituent…

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The State which we have founded must possess the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice ... Justice is the…

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... our purpose in founding our state was not to promote the happiness of a single class, but, so far as possible,…

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Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness…

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What the expression is intended to mean, I think, is that there is a better and a worse element in the character…

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That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes,…

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... Societies aren t made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters, by turning the scale one way or…

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...that in our state one man was to do one job, and the job he was naturally most suited for .. And…

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And among the other honours and rewards our young men can win for distinguished service in war and in other activities, will…

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Both poverty and wealth, therefore, have a bad effect on the quality of the work and the workman himself. Wealth and poverty,…

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Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until…

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Justice in the individual is now defined analogously to justice in the state. The individual is wise and brave in virtue of…

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If one sins against the laws of proportion and gives something too big to something too small to carry it - too…

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