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Man is by nature a political animal.

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No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

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Every skill and every inquiry, and similarly every action and rational choice, is thought to aim at some good; and so the good had been aptly describe...more

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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...more

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Human beings are by nature political animals

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It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit

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Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.

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Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.

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He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled

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The void is 'not-being,' and no part of 'what is' is a 'not-being,'; for what 'is' in the strict sense of the term is an absolute plenum. This plenum,...more

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Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.

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Man is by nature a civic animal.

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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...more