Common Quote by Aristotle

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

The form of government, when it has been prudently established, produces citizens distinguished for bravery, justice, and every other good quality; whereas, on the…

— Dionysius of Halicarnassus

In free governments the rulers are the servants and the people are their superiors and sovereigns.

— Benjamin Franklin

The government, which is the supreme authority in states, must be in the hands of one, or of a few, or of the many.…

— Aristotle (384â323 BC

Two forms of government are favorable to the prevalence of falsehood and deceit. Under a Despotism, men are false, treacherous, and deceitful through fear,…

— Albert Pike

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

Despotic governments do not recognize the precious human component of the state, seeing its citizens only as a faceless, mindless -- and helpless --…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

The government of freemen is nobler and implies more virtue than despotic government. Neither is a city to be deemed happy or a legislator…

— Aristotle

“In truth, a State whose society is not sovereign is no sovereign State at all. Such is the case when a society has no…

— Pope John Paul II

[O]ur sages in the great [constitutional] convention... intended our government should be a republic which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy…

— Fisher Ames

A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange.…

— Aristotle

Any government, that is its own judge of, and determines authoritatively for the people, what are its own powers over the people, is an…

— Lysander Spooner