More from Plato
If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.
The Republic (375 BC), Republic, Book IV, 425BIn contextWise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
More about democracy
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
?UnattributedOften credited to Benjamin FranklinThe best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
?UnattributedOften credited to Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in the House of Commons (11 November 1947), published in 206–07 The Official Report, House of Commons (5th Series), 11 November 1947, vol. 444, cc.