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Quote DB :: Authors :: Aristotle :: View Quote View Quote "Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms." - Copy to Clipboard   --  Aristotle Listed in: Government Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 4.5  Rate Quote 4 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from Aristotle "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." "I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law." "Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit." "Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy." "A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side." Top 5 quotes from Government "When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right." "The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry." "There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters." "Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government." "Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."

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