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State Quotes by Aristotle
- A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.
- The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in…
- Nor was civil society founded merely to preserve the lives of its members; but that they might live well: for otherwise a state might be…
- Those who believe that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not consider that disproportion…
- Salt water when it turns into vapour becomes sweet, and the vapour does not form salt water when it condenses again. This I know by…
- Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what…
- ...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral…
- A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange. .…
- In a polity, each citizen is to possess his own arms, which are not supplied or owned by the state.
- Art is identical with a state of capacity to make, involving a true course of reasoning.
- For the real difference between humans and other animals is that humans alone have perception of good and evil, just and unjust, etc. It is…
- A man who examines each subject from a philosophical standpoint cannot neglect them: he has to omit nothing, and state the truth about each topic.
- So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake…
- To let them share in the highest offices is to take a risk; inevitably, their unjust standards will cause them to commit injustice, and their…
- Experience has shown that it is difficult, if not impossible, for a populous state to be run by good laws.
- Memory is therefore, neither Perception nor Conception, but a state or affection of one of these, conditioned by lapse of time. As already observed, there…
- The greatest threat to the state is not faction but distraction
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- With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer to supporting… — Bill Gates
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
- In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal.… — Teresa of Avila
- Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he… — Sai Baba
- We have to make sure that women's issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state, all governments. — Michelle Bachelet
- I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and a woman, but I would not be going into the… — Michele Bachmann