"When the citizens of a society can..." - Quote by Plato
When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.
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“Is it not the excess and greed of this and the neglect of all other things that revolutionizes this constitution too and prepares the way for the necessity of a dictatorship?”
“And we must beg Homer and the other poets not to be angry if we strike out these and similar passages, not because they are unpoetical, or unattractive to the popular ear, but because the greater the poetical charm in them, the less are they meet for the ears of boys and men who are meant to be free, and who should fear slavery more than death.”
“Truth is its own reward.”
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“An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.”
“Good Government is not intrusive the people are hardly aware of it; the next best is felt yet loved; then comes that which is known and feared; the worst government is hated.”
“The person who can dominate during rough times is the person who can dominate, period.”
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“The merely political aspect of the land is never very cheering; men are degraded when considered as the members of a political organization.”
“Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.”
“I find that socialism is often misunderstood by its least intelligent supporters and opponents to mean simply unrestrained indulgence of our natural propensity to heave bricks at respectable persons.”