Pericles — "We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who mi…"
We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.
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From his Funeral Oration, as recorded by Thucydides, reflecting Athenian civic values.
Date: c. 431 BCE
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