If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.

A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange…Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.

They should rule who are able to rule best.

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.

Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.