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245 | Totalitarian states destroy friendships and community spirit [Plato] |
Full Idea: Excessively authoritarian government destroys all friendship and community of spirit in the state. | |
From: Plato (The Laws [c.348 BCE], 697d) |
2149 | Reluctant rulers make a better and more unified administration [Plato] |
Full Idea: The less keen the would-be rulers of a community are to rule, the better and less divided the administration of that community are bound to be. | |
From: Plato (The Republic [c.374 BCE], 520d) |
2132 | Only rule by philosophers of integrity can keep a community healthy [Plato] |
Full Idea: Unless communities have philosophers as kings, or the people who are currently called kings and rulers practise philosophy with enough integrity, there can be no end to political troubles. | |
From: Plato (The Republic [c.374 BCE], 473d) |