"Where some people are very wealthy and..." - Quote by Aristotle
Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism will come from either of those excesses.
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“My main fight is for freedom and equality.”
“Einstein was attending a music salon in Germany before the second world war, with the violinist S. Suzuki. Two Japanese women played a German piece of music and a woman in the audience exclaimed: "How wonderful! It sounds so German!" Einstein responded: "Madam, people are all the same."”
“When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that "all men are created equal" a self evident truth; but now when we have grown fat, and have lost all dread of being slaves ourselves, we have become so greedy to be masters that we call the same maxim "a self evident lie" The fourth of July has not quite dwindled away; it is still a great day-for burning fire-crackers!!!”
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“My chair was nearest to the fireIn every companyThat talked of love or politics,Ere Time transfigured me.”
“Politics has never been for the thin-skinned or the faint-of-heart, and if you enter the arena, you should expect to get roughed up.”
“It is not the qualified voters, but the qualified voters who choose to vote, that constitute political power.”