Faction is the greatest evil and the most common danger. "Faction" is the conventional English translation of the Greek stasis, one of the most remarkable words to be found in any language.

Perhaps the best known, and certainly the most vaunted, "discovery" of modern public opinion research is the indifference and ignorance of a majority of the electorate in western democracies.

A genuinely political society, in which discussion and debate are an essential technique, is a society full of risks.

It is a mark of civilised man that he seeks to understand his traditions, and to criticise them, not to swallow them whole.

Knowledge for its own sake was meaningless, its mere accumulation a waste of time. Knowledge must lead to understanding.

man is by nature designed to live in the polis, the highest form of koinonia, community; that is man's end or goal if he achieves the full potentiality of his nature.

What I am arguing, in effect, is that the full democratic system of the second half of the fifth century B.C. would not have been introduced had there been no Athenian empire.

Ideal goals are a menace in themselves, as much in more modern philosophers as in Plato.

Historical explanation is not identical with moral judgment.

If I had to choose one which best characterized the condition of being a political leader in Athens, the word would be "tension".

In the western world today everyone is a democrat.

He walked out without his money.The lesson to me was clear: hold onto your integrity at all costs. Never compromise on that.

I find it quite incredible how much peace and quiet a person actually needs in order to devote himself entirely to his thoughts.

The only species of human beings that are immune to failure are those that are dead and gone. Failure is constant

I can't say why some memories float and other sink.

I’m fine, considering I can’t walk anymore, ” Pam replied, a sarcastic edge in her voice. “You look like your bringing news. What is it this time, I’m blind?

I am not teaching you anything. I just help you to explore yourself.

What is the best way to go beyond self-interest and obsession with personal demands, needs and disappointments? The answer is: Whatever you do, may it benefit everyone.

Hell is full of the talented, but Heaven of the energetic.

I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants.

Somehow trumpet is the reference point for me it was actually my first instrument.