Politics Quote by Aristotle (384â323 BC

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

Governments which have a regard to the common interest are constituted in accordance with strict principles of justice, and are therefore true forms; but…

— Aristotle

The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect themselves with…

— Joseph Story

The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments…

— James Madison

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

— Aristotle

The Government made by a number of Sovereign States.

— Roger Sherman

The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments…

— James Madison

“all states can be parceled into four types: pluralist, in which the state is seen by its people as having moral legitimacy; populist, in…

— Charles C. Mann

In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general government. They can…

— Joseph Story

Of governments there are said to be only two forms - democracy and oligarchy. For aristocracy is considered to be a kind of oligarchy,…

— Aristotle

A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.

— Ernie Fletcher

The spirit of a government must be that of the country. The form of a government must come from the makeup of the country.…

— Jose Marti