Culture Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about culture.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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A state is governed better by a good man than by good laws.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Tyrants surround themselves with wicked men because they like to be flattered, and no man of elevated spirit will flatter them.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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The only stable state is the one in which all citizens are equal before the law.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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The city (polis) is one of the things that exist by nature; and man is, by nature, a political animal.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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The command of many is not good; one chief is enough.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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All governments die from the exaggeration of their principle.

René de Chateaubriand

René de Chateaubriand

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Institutions go through three periods: that of service, that of privileges, and that of abuse.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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Journalism essentially consists of saying 'lord Jones has died' to people who didn't know that lord Jones was alive.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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Democracy means government by the uneducated, and aristocracy means government by the poorly educated.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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The church asks us to take off our hats when entering, not our heads.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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A fanatic is someone who can't change their mind and doesn't want to change the subject.