I am firmly convinced, therefore, that to set up a republic which is to last a long time, the way to set… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Being asked where in Greece he saw good men, he replied, "Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta." — Diogenes Copy Share Image
A traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much."… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
It is the teaching of the Bible and of sound Political ethics that the education of children belongs to the sphere of… — Robert Dabney Copy Share Image
An armed republic submits less easily to the rule of one of its citizens than a republic armed by foreign forces. Rome… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“...Feel no fear before the multitude of men, do not run in panic, but let each man bear his shield straight toward… — Tyrtaeus Copy Share Image
"Godling? Demigod?" Lysis nearly howled. "You'd be beaten black and blue in Thebes, and staked out overnight for claims like that. In… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
“Are your principles not engraved in all hearts, and in order to learn your laws is it not enough to go back… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Their [Lacadaemonian] women, it is said, were bold and masculine, overbearing to their husbands in the first place, absolute mistresses in their… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
We have the ability to be the Athens of modern times as opposed to the militaristic Sparta. I remind you that the… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
Rome remained free for four hundred years and Sparta eight hundred, although their citizens were armed all that time; but many other… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It was natural for [Spartan women] to think and speak as Gorgo, the wife of Leonidas, is said to have done, when… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“In this way, the Spartans erected a moral barrier between themselves and the helots to justify their harsh treatment of fellow Greeks.… — Thomas R. Martin Copy Share Image
