In all well-attempered governments there is nothing which should be more jealously maintained than the spirit of obedience to law, more especially in small matters; for transgression creeps in unperceived and at last ruins the state, just as the constant recurrence of small expenses in time eats up a fortune.


Aristotle's Politics (ed. 1908)

Aristotle Quotes

In all well-attempered governments there is nothing which should be more jealously maintained than the spirit of obedience to law, more especially in ...

In all well-attempered governments there is nothing which should be more jealously maintained than the spirit of obedience to law, more especially in ...

In all well-attempered governments there is nothing which should be more jealously maintained than the spirit of obedience to law, more especially in ...

In all well-attempered governments there is nothing which should be more jealously maintained than the spirit of obedience to law, more especially in ...