... the friendship of worthless people has a bad effect (because they take part, unstable as they are, in worthless pursuits, and actually become bad through each other's influence). But the friendship of the good is good, and increases in goodness because of their association. They seem even to become better men by exercising their friendship and improving each other; for the traits that they admire in each other get transferred to themselves.
AristotleIndeed, we may go further and assert that anyone who does not delight in fine actions is not even a good man.
AristotleDemocracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely.
Aristotle