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Full Idea
In cities under democracies that are in accord with law, popular leaders do not arise, but rather it is the best citizens who take the front seats. Where the laws are not in control, however, there popular leaders arise.
Gist of Idea
Popular leaders only arise in democracies that are not in accord with the law
Source
Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1292a07)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Reeve,C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.90
A Reaction
This remark is, unfortunately, highly relevant to western politics in 2020. He says that flatterers rise to the top in these regimes.