Athenian Citizen Quotes
- [Regarding legislative assemblies,] the number ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the confusion and intemperance of a… — James Madison
- An Athenian citizen does not neglect his state because he takes care of his own household; even those of us who are engaged in business… — Pericles
- Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. — James Madison