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This book delves into the fundamental principles and practices of politics, examining various political systems and ideologies across different historical periods and cultures.
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“A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.”
“Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.”
“No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.”
“The good citizen need not of necessity possess the virtue which makes a good man.”
“The avarice of mankind is insatiable.”
“To be always seeking after the useful does not become free and exalted souls.”
“To Unlearn is as hard as to Learn”
“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”
“They who are to be judges must also be performers.”
“Whereas the law is passionless, passion must ever sway the heart of man.”
“Men cling to life even at the cost of enduring great misfortune.”
“Men in general desire the good and not merely what their fathers had.”
“Law is order, and good law is good order.”
“That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it”
“. . . Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.”
“The law is reason unaffected by desire.”