"Women and children are to be common; and no parent is to know his own child, nor any child his parent."

"The laws of the State are not made for the good of the individual, but for the good of the whole."

"The poets, beginning with Homer, are to be banished from the ideal city because they appeal to the emotions and irrational parts of the soul, and distort the truth."

"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."

"The measure of a man is what he does with power."