James Madison Quote

Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.


The Federalist: On the New Constitution (ed. 1810)


Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.

Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.

Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.

Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.