When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.

The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.

A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

What a handsome face he had: but if he were naked you would forget he had a face, he is so beautiful in every way.

Socrates said that, from above, the Earth looks like one of those twelve-patched leathern balls.

And if we are good, we are beneficent: for all good things are beneficial. Are they not?