It is better for a city to be governed by a good man than by good laws.
-- Aristotle
-- Aristotle
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- We should realize that a city is better off with bad laws,
so long as they remain fixed, then with good laws... - If you can discover a better way of life than office-holding
for your future rulers,
a well-governed city becomes a possibility. For only... - It is better to be good than
original... - Good laws, if not obeyed, do not constitute good government.
Aristotle (384-322 BCE) "Nicomachean Ethics" IV,8,1294a... - It takes a mighty good man to be better than none
at all... - It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good
than to be ugly.
Oscar... - So good it's better than
itself... - Law is order,
and good law is good order. --... - A state is better governed which has few laws,
and those laws strictly observed. --...
