Athens Quote by Anonymous

[M]ore than they wanted freedom, the Athenians wanted security. Yet they lost everything-security, comfort, and freedom. This was because they wanted not to give…

— Margaret Thatcher

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.

— Edith Hamilton

In every civilization, life grows easier. Men grow lazier in consequence. We have a picture of what happened to the individual Greek. (I cannot…

— Edith Hamilton

What bitter anguish would not the people of Athens have often escaped if their government had contained so provident a safeguard against tyranny of…

— Alexander Hamilton

“And it is plain enough, not from this instance only, but from many everywhere, that freedom is an excellent thing since even the Athenians,…

— Jim Lacey

“Athens was ripped from their wealth and territory but their culture still lived on. This now engraved upon your memory, what decision shall you…

— Anonymous

“The Athenians were the first to lay aside their weapons, and to adopt an easier and more luxurious mode of life;”

— Thucydides

The Athenians had an oath for someone who was about to become a citizen. They had to swear that 'I shall leave the city…

— Richard Rogers

“debatable today, as the structure could house the entire population of Athens, but could do nothing to protect their resources or withstand a long…

— Tom Simek

“apparently there was no reason now why a man should not do as he pleased, so long as he remained within the law. A…

— Will Durant

The Athenian democracy suffered much from that narrowness of patriotism which is the ruin of all nations.

— H. G. Wells

“What all Greek philosophers, no matter how opposed to polis life, took for granted is that freedom is exclusively located in the political realm,…

— Hannah Arendt