I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.
Father of Western philosophy
I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.
Father of Western philosophy
From Plato's Apology, 30c, reflecting on the power of the many.
~399 BC
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