The Good Citizen Need Not Of Necessity

It Is Evident That The State Is A Creation Of Nature, And That Man Is By Nature A Political Animal.

For Man, When Perfected, Is The Best Of Animals, But, When Separated From Law And Justice, He Is The Worst Of All; Since Armed Injustice Is The More Dangerous, And He Is Equipped At Birth With The Arms Of Intelligence And With Moral Qualities Which He May Use For The Worst Ends. Wherefore, If He Have Not Virtue, He Is The Most Unholy And The Most Savage Of Animals, And The Most Full Of Lust And Gluttony. But Justice Is The Bond Of Men In States, And The Administration Of Justice, Which Is The Determination Of What Is Just, Is The Principle Of Order In Political Society.

The Best Tragedies Are Conflicts Between A Hero And His Destiny.

Courage Is The Mother Of All Virtues Because Without It, You Cannot Consistently Perform The Others.

The Young Are Heated By Nature As Drunken Men By Wine.