Nothing is what rocks dream about

Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.

Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.

All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.

In the works of Nature, purpose, not accident, is the main thing.

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.

In the Laws it is maintained that the best constitution is made up of democracy and tyranny, which are either not constitutions at all, or are the worst of all. But they are nearer the truth who combine many forms; for the constitution is better which is made up of more numerous elements. The constitution proposed in the Laws has no element of monarchy at all; it is nothing but oligarchy and democracy, leaning rather to oligarchy.