"Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
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"In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme. &It is also in th...
"Human beings are by nature political animals
"Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.
"The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
"Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man o...
"He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled
"Man is by nature a civic animal.
"Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.
"A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consi...
"At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
"Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.
"Neither should we forget the mean, which at the present day is lost sight of in perverted forms of government; for many practices which appear to be d...
"Neither should we forget the mean, which at the present day is lost sight of in perverted forms of government; for many practices which appear to be d...
"Hence a young man is not a proper hearer of lectures on political science; for he is inexperienced in the actions that occur in life, but its discussi...