"The first and greatest victory is to..." - Quote by Plato

“Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.”

“Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.”

“Serious things cannot be understood without laughable things, nor opposites at all without opposites.”

“A born democrat is a born disciplinarian.”

“Nothing external to you has any power over you.”

“Rendering oneself unarmed when one had been the best-armed, out of a height of feeling-that is the means to real peace, which must always rest on a peace of mind.”

“Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken.”

“Nothing can seem foul to those who win.”

“How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my bones to atoms and even kill me. He will then have my dead body, not my obedience. Ultimately, therefore, it is I who am the victor and not he, for he has failed in getting me to do what he wanted done.”