Those that deem politics beneath their dignity are doomed to be governed by those of lesser talents. — 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
So it is clear that the search for what is just is a search for the mean; for the law is the… — 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
...the life which is best for men, both separately, as individuals, and in the mass, as states, is the life which has… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Tools may be animate as well as inanimate; for instance, a ship's captain uses a lifeless rudder, but a living man for… — 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
A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state, especially of the highest of all. The government is everywhere sovereign in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In the perfect state the good man is absolutely the same as the good citizen; whereas in other states the good citizen… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Every community is an association of some kind and every community is established with a view to some good; for everyone always… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The state is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal. — 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
It is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal. — 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
“Hence it is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal. And… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
...one Greek city state had a fundamental law: anyone proposing revisions to the constitution did so with a noose around his neck.… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There are still two forms besides democracy and oligarchy; one of them is universally recognized and included among the four principal forms… — 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
