republic quotes

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man’s virtues the means of deceiving him.

The first book I ever really read was Plato’s ‚Republic,‘ and then I had to go over that five times or something.

I have always reckoned the dignity of the republic of first importance and preferable to life.

I read Plato’s ‚Republic.‘ I read it through about five times until I could actually understand it.

The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.