“The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.”

“Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.”

“Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.”

“Justice is the loveliest and health is the best, but the sweetest to obtain is the heart's desire.”

“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.”

“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 only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.”