Politics Quotes by Aristotle

Evil brings men together.

— Aristotle

A human being is a naturally political [animal].

— Aristotle

Man is by nature a political animal.

— Aristotle

Aristotle said: "Evil brings men together."

— Aristotle

Man is naturally a political animal.

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

“the fact that it took the rise of democracies and otherwise open societies at Athens and elsewhere to create the climate in…

— Aristotle

...one Greek city state had a fundamental law: anyone proposing revisions to the constitution did so with a noose around his neck.…

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

The government of freemen is nobler and implies more virtue than despotic government. Neither is a city to be deemed happy or…

— Aristotle

There are three qualifications required in those who have to fill the highest offices, - (1) first of all, loyalty to the…

— Aristotle

The most perfect political community must be amongst those who are in the middle rank, and those states are best instituted wherein…

— Aristotle

“We shall learn the qualities of governments in the same way as we learn the qualities of individuals, since they are revealed…

— Aristotle

That the equalization of property exercises an influence on political society was clearly understood even by some of the old legislators. Laws…

— Aristotle

A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake…

— Aristotle

“In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of…

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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…

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class.

— Aristotle