"Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy...." - Quote by Plato

“Men of sound sense have Law for their god, but men without sense Pleasure.”

“Thus does the Muse herself move men divinely inspired, and through them thus inspired a Chain hangs together of others inspired divinely likewise.”

“There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.”

“The reason political party platforms are so long is that when you straddle anything it takes a long time to explain it.”

“[Donald Trump] ran an extraordinarily unconventional campaign and it resulted in the biggest political upset in perhaps modern political history. American history.”

“If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.”

“The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny”

“When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.”

“Military despotism represses generous sentiments, priestly tyranny stifles them.”