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Full Idea
Those holding the controlling offices should possess friendship towards the constitution, great capacity for that office, and the virtue and justice required by that constitution.
Gist of Idea
Officers should like the constitution, be capable, and have appropriate virtues and justice
Source
Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1309a33)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Reeve,C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.128
A Reaction
We need to remember that all officers in our democracy need to be fully committed to that system of government (which does not always seem to me to be the case).
Related Idea
Idea 22573 The virtue of justice may be relative to a particular constitution [Aristotle]
| 22539 | Election of officials by the elected is dangerous, because factions can control it [Aristotle] |
| 22543 | In large communities it is better if more people participate in the offices [Aristotle] |
| 22572 | Officers should like the constitution, be capable, and have appropriate virtues and justice [Aristotle] |
| 19900 | The executive must not be the legislature, or they may exempt themselves from laws [Locke] |
| 19821 | I call the executive power the 'government', which is the 'prince' - a single person, or a group [Rousseau] |