For those who possess and can wield arms are in a position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not
AristotleGreat is the good fortune of a state in which the citizens have a moderate and sufficient property.
AristotleFor suppose that every tool we had could perform its task, either at our bidding or itself perceiving the need, and if-like the statues made by Dรฆdalus or the tripods of Hephรฆstus, of which the poet says that "self-moved they enter the assembly of the gods" - shuttles in a loom could fly to and fro and a plectrum play a lyre all self-moved, then master-craftsmen would have no need of servants nor masters of slaves.
Aristotle