"... the good are not willing to..." - Quote by Plato
... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor.
More by Plato
“The makers of fortunes have a second love of money as a creation of their own, resembling the affection of authors for their own poems, or of parents for their children, besides that natural love of it for the sake of use and profit.”
“I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.”
“You should not honor men more than truth.”
More on Leadership
“Just as Lincoln got contradictory advice from the extremists of both sides . . . so now I have to guard myself against the extremists of both sides.”
“Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.”
“If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.”
More on Ethics
“It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.”
“Do unto others as you wish others do unto you.”
“You shall not steal! You shall not kill! Such words were once called holy; before them people bowrd their knees and heads, and removed their shoes. But I ask you: where have there ever been better thieves and killers in the world than such holy words have been? Is there not in all of life itself - robbing and killing? And when such words were called holy, was not truth itself thereby - killed?”