Aristotle Quotes - Page 3

Greek philosopher and scientist

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employment
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Whatever lies within our power to do lies also within our power not to do.
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To give away money is an easy matter and in any man’s power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man’s power nor an easy matter.
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Law is order, and good law is good order.
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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
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I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
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Law is mind without reason.
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A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies.
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No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it.
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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 the government to the utmost.
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All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
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We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly.
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The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.
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