"The society we have described can never grow into a reality or see the light of day, and there will be no end to the troubles of states, or indeed, my dear Glaucon, of humanity itself, till philosophe…"

"Democracy passes into despotism."

"I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts."

"The best of all governments is that in which the rulers are the best and wisest, and rule according to the laws, and not according to their own arbitrary will."

"Excess of liberty, whether in states or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery."