Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.

Men come together in cities in order to live: they remain together in order to live the good life

Here and elsewhere we shall not obtain the best insight into things until we actually see them growing from the beginning.

That the equalization of property exercises an influence on political society was clearly understood even by some of the old legislators. Laws were made by Solon and others prohibiting an individual from possessing as much land as he pleased.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Every effort therefore must be made to perpetuate prosperity. And, since that is to the advantage of the rich as well as the poor, all that accrues from the revenues should be collected into a single fund and distributed in block grants to those in need, if possible in lump sums large enough for the acquisition of a small piece of land, but if not, enough to start a business, or work in agriculture. And if that cannot be done for all, the distribution might be by tribes or some other division each in turn.

Man by nature wants to know.