It is a mark of civilised man that he seeks to understand his traditions, and to criticise them, not to swallow them whole.

Historical explanation is not identical with moral judgment.

man is by nature designed to live in the polis, the highest form of koinonia, community; that is man's end or goal if he achieves the full potentiality of his nature.

Perhaps the best known, and certainly the most vaunted, "discovery" of modern public opinion research is the indifference and ignorance of a majority of the electorate in western democracies.

Faction 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.

If I had to choose one which best characterized the condition of being a political leader in Athens, the word would be "tension".

It is a mark of civilised man that he seeks to understand his traditions, and to criticise them, not to swallow them whole.