Aristotle
View AuthorA state is governed better by a good man than by good laws.
Aristotle
View AuthorTyrants surround themselves with wicked men because they like to be flattered, and no man of elevated spirit will flatter them.
Aristotle
View AuthorThe only stable state is the one in which all citizens are equal before the law.
Aristotle
View AuthorThe city (polis) is one of the things that exist by nature; and man is, by nature, a political animal.
Aristotle
View AuthorThe command of many is not good; one chief is enough.
Aristotle
View AuthorCommitting an injustice is worse than suffering it.
Aristotle
View AuthorAll governments die from the exaggeration of their principle.
René de Chateaubriand
View AuthorInstitutions go through three periods: that of service, that of privileges, and that of abuse.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
View AuthorJournalism essentially consists of saying 'lord Jones has died' to people who didn't know that lord Jones was alive.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
View AuthorDemocracy means government by the uneducated, and aristocracy means government by the poorly educated.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
View AuthorThe church asks us to take off our hats when entering, not our heads.
Winston Churchill
View AuthorA fanatic is someone who can't change their mind and doesn't want to change the subject.