A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants. Plato Read Quote
For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions. Plato Read Quote
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others. Plato Read Quote
Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways. Plato Read Quote