I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

They who are to be judges must also be performers.

These two rational faculties may be designated the Scientific Faculty and the Calculative Faculty respectively; since calculation is the same as deliberation, and deliberation is never exercised about things that are invariable, so that the Calculative Faculty is a separate part of the rational half of the soul.

The wise man knows of all things, as far as possible, although he has no knowledge of each of them in detail

The true nature of anything is what it becomes at its highest.

Now what is just and right is to be interpreted in the sense of 'what is equal'; and that which is right in the sense of being equal is to be considered with reference to the advantage of the state, and the common good of the citizens. And a citizen is one who shares in governing and being governed. He differs under different forms of government, but in the best state he is one who is able and willing to be governed and to govern with a view to the life of virtue.