“Wicked men obey from fear;good men, from love.”

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

“Inequality is everywhere at the bottom of faction, for in general faction arises from men's striving for what is equal.”

“Since the branch of philosophy on which we are at present engaged differs from the others in not being a subject of merely intellectual interest — I mean we are not concerned to know what goodness essentially is, but how we are to become good men, for this alone gives the study its practical value — we must apply our minds to the solution of the problems of conduct. ”

“he who had never learned to obey cannot be a good commander”

“Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.”

“Evil brings men together.”