One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

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The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man...

By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man...

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.