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States are as the men are they grow out of human characters.

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Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his ancestors.

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When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them then he is always stirring up some wary o...more

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Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.