"The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of the good life."

"The state is by nature clearly prior to the family and to the individual, since the whole is of necessity prior to the part."

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."

"The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold."

"Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice."