Pericles — "For we are a democracy, and our laws are equal to all alike in their private dis…"
For we are a democracy, and our laws are equal to all alike in their private disputes, but in public, we are ruled by the will of the majority.
Get This Quote & Author's Image Illustrated On:
Click any product to generate a realistic preview. Up to 3 at a time.
* Initial load can take up to 90 seconds — revising the preview in another color is nearly instant.
Kitchen
Apparel
Other
More from Pericles
"For it is a common fault in men to despise what they possess, and to desire what they have not."
"For what is honored is that which is useful."
"For we are a city that is open to the world, and we never expel a foreigner from our midst, nor do we prevent anyone from learning or seeing anything, provided that by so doing he does not harm the st…"
"It is not the man who makes the most speeches that is to be feared, but the one who acts best."
"Our constitution is called a democracy because power is in the hands not of a minority but of the whole people. When it is a question of settling private disputes, everyone is equal before the law; wh…"