Aristotle Quotes About Parties

• Neither should we forget the mean, which at the present day is lost sight of in perverted forms of government; for many practices which appear to be democratical are the ruin of democracies, . . Those who think that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not consider that disproportion destroys a state.

  Aristotle

  Party, Mean, Thinking

  Aristotle, Aeterna Press (2015). “Politics”, p.143, Aeterna Press

• Those who believe that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not consider that disproportion destroys a state.

  Aristotle

  Party, Believe, Matter

  Aristotle (2016). “Politics”, p.184, Aristotle

• Most men appear to think that the art of despotic government is statesmanship, and what men affirm to be unjust and inexpedient in their own case they are not ashamed of practicing towards others; they demand just rule for themselves, but where other men are concerned they care nothing about it. Such behavior is irrational; unless the one party is, and the other is not, born to serve, in which case men have a right to command, not indeed all their fellows, but only those who are intended to be subjects; just as we ought not to hunt mankind, whether for food or sacrifice . .

  Aristotle

  Art, Sacrifice, Men

• To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.

  Aristotle

  Party, Giving, Decision

  Aristotle (2013). “The Essential Aristotle”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

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