"Some things the legislator must find ready..." - Quote by Aristotle

“To the sober person adventurous conduct often seems insanity.”

“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”

“For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history.”

“In a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good.”

“The leaders should all relate to this principle: the governed must be as happy as possible.”

“The president [Barack Obama] understands that the country's very concerned about [terrorism] issue. And I think what you're going to hear from him is a discussion about what government's doing to ensure all of our highest priority, the protection of the American people.”

“Virtues, of ...Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.”

“The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.”

“You can be good for the mere sake of goodness; you cannot be bad for the mere sake of badness. You can do a kind action when you are not feeling kind and when it gives you no pleasure, simply because kindness is right; but no one ever did a cruel action simply because cruelty is wrong - only because cruelty is pleasant or useful to him, In other words, badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first before it can be spoiled.”