Politics Quotes by Plutarch

They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men.

— Plutarch

Nor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price.

— Plutarch

There is no perfecter endowment in man than political virtue.

— Plutarch

Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the…

— Plutarch

Justice makes the life of such as are in prosperity, power and authority the life of a god, and injustice turns it…

— Plutarch

The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs. Often by foregoing a part he saves…

— Plutarch

Politics is not like an ocean voyage or a military campaign... something which leaves off as soon as reached. It is not…

— Plutarch

Lycurgus being asked why he, who in other respects appeared to be so zealous for the equal rights of men, did not…

— Plutarch

For the rich men without scruple drew the estate into their own hands, excluding the rightful heirs from their succession; and all…

— Plutarch

They are wrong who think that politics is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, something to be done with some…

— Plutarch

Of the land which the Romans gained by conquest from their neighbours, part they sold publicly, and turned the remainder into common;…

— Plutarch

For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of…

— Plutarch

Rome was in the most dangerous inclination to change on account of the unequal distribution of wealth and property, those of highest…

— Plutarch