Plato, (429-347 BC) Greek philosopher Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-20] of 20 Plato quotesPlato QuotesPlato A tyrant…is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.~ Plato Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.~ Plato Democracy…is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.~ Plato Do not expect justice where might is right.~ Plato Kings … will … take possession of the children, who will be unaffected by the habits of their parents; these they will train in their own habits and laws.~ Plato We see many instances of cities going down like sinking ships to their destruction. There have been such wrecks in the past and there surely will be others in the future, caused by the wickedness of captains and crews alike. For these are guilty men, whose sin is supreme ignorance of what matters most.~ Plato When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.~ Plato Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.~ Plato Your silence gives consent.~ Plato Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.~ Plato The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs, is to be ruled by evil men.~ Plato The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.~ Plato Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.~ Plato Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school. And the one man who dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool.~ Plato Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.~ Plato Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.~ Plato One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.~ Plato The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness… This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs, when he first appears he is a protector.~ Plato Freedom in a democracy is the glory of the state, and, therefore, in a democracy only will the freeman of nature deign to dwell.~ Plato Only the dead have seen the end of war.~ Plato Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print