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Man is by nature a political animal.

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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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Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of governmen...more

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Human beings are by nature political animals

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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in gover...more

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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 to be a good ruler must have first been ruled

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Man is by nature a civic animal.

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Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.

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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

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Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

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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...more

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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...more

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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...more

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We shall learn the qualities of governments in the same way as we learn the qualities of individuals, since they are revealed in their deliberate acts...more