We must as second best… take the least of the evils.

Aristotle · Nicomachean Ethics, II, 9

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.

Aristotle · Politics, V, 2

Aristotle · From DIOGENES LAERTIUS, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, V, 21

Aristotle · Politics, I, 2

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