A genuinely political society, in which discussion and debate are an essential technique, is a society full of risks.
Moses FinleyIt is a mark of civilised man that he seeks to understand his traditions, and to criticise them, not to swallow them whole.
Moses FinleyFaction is the greatest evil and the most common danger. "Faction" is the conventional English translation of the Greek stasis, one of the most remarkable words to be found in any language.
Moses Finley