Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice.
Aristotle...one Greek city state had a fundamental law: anyone proposing revisions to the constitution did so with a noose around his neck. If his proposal lost he was instantly hanged.
AristotleMen are divided between those who are as thrifty as if they would live forever, and those who are as extravagant as if they were going to die the next day.
AristotleIf they do not share equally enjoyments and toils, those who labor much and get little will necessarily complain of those who labor little and receive or consume much. But indeed there is always a difficulty in men living together and having all human relations in common, but especially in their having common property.
Aristotle