Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.

Any peace is better than any war

The power of the Good has taken refuge in the nature of the Beautiful

People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't.

So the nature required to make a really noble Guardian of our commonwealth will be swift and strong, spirited, and philosophic.

The beginning is the chiefest part of any work.

... our purpose in founding our state was not to promote the happiness of a single class, but, so far as possible, of the whole community. Our idea was that we were most likely to justice in such a community, and so be able to decide the question we are trying to answer. We are therefore at the moment trying to construct what we think is a happy community by securing the happiness not of a select minority, but of a whole.