The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness … This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs, when he first appears he is a protector.
Tag: Plato
(429-347 BC) Philosopher and mathematician.
Tyrants and war
A tyrant … is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
The real tragedy of life
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Might vs. justice
Do not expect justice where might is right.
Democracy’s inevitable end
Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.
Talk
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
Price of apathy
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.