"It is better for a city to..." - Quote by Aristotle
It is better for a city to be governed by a good man than by good laws.
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“For those who possess and can wield arms are in a position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not”
“. . . Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.”
“The arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions has nothing to do with the essential facts, but is merely a personal appeal to the man who is judging the case.”
More on Government
“It took six weeks of debate in the Senate to get the Arms Embargo Law repealed--and we face other delays during the present session because most of the Members of the Congress are thinking in terms of next Autumn's election. However, that is one of the prices that we who live in democracies have to pay. It is, however, worth paying, if all of us can avoid the type of government under which the unfortunate population of Germany and Russia must exist.”
“In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.”
“Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only one thing and that is you can't ruin this country even with politics.”