"The good lawgiver should inquire how states..." - Quote by Aristotle

“Every community is an association of some kind and every community is established with a view to some good; for everyone always acts in order to obtain that which they think good. But, if all communities aim at some good, the state or political community, which is the highest of all, and which embraces all the rest, aims at good in a greater degree than any other, and at the highest good.”

“When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.”

“To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.”

“A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state, especially of the highest of all. The government is everywhere sovereign in the state, and the constitution is in fact the government.”

“Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.”

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

“The Life of the intellect is the best and pleasantest for man, because the intellect more than anything else is the man. Thus it will be the happiest life as well.”

“If we choose to be offended when we don't get our own way,Then we're going to live constantly on the edge of anger.But if we say to ourselves, " A merry heart does good like a medicine,"It'll make all the difference in the world.”

“Every moment spent in unhappiness is a moment of happiness lost.”