Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!
PlatoRead
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Avoiding political engagement leads to consequences where less capable individuals may govern you.
In this quote, Plato emphasizes the importance of participation in politics as a civic duty. He warns that if individuals choose to disengage from political processes, they risk being ruled by those who may be less qualified or capable, thus underscoring that active involvement is crucial for a healthy society and governance.
Themes
PoliticsParticipationGovernanceResponsibilityEngagement
In practice
Example use cases
During a community meeting about local governance, one could use this quote to encourage fellow citizens to vote.
More from Plato
All quotes →Not one of them who took up in his youth with this opinion that there are no gods ever continued until old age faithful to his conviction.
PlatoRead
...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty.
PlatoRead
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
PlatoRead
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
PlatoRead
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
PlatoRead
Similar quotes
...more than other senses, the eye objectifies and masters. it sets at a distance, maintains the distance. in our culture, the predominance of the look over smell, taste, touch, hearing, has brought about an improverishment of bodily relations...the moment domin ates the look dominates, the body loses its materiality” -luce irigaray
Luce IrigarayRead
People who understand everything get no stories.
Bertolt BrechtRead
The world used us as an excuse to go mad.
George HarrisonRead
If we go back to the beginning, we shall find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that fancy, enthusiasm, or deceit adorned them; that weakness worships them; that credulity preserves them and that custom, respect and tyranny support them in order to make the blindness of men serve their own interests. If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.
Bill MaherRead
We cannot restore integrity and morality to our society until each of us-singly and individually-takes responsibility for our actions.
Harry Emerson FosdickRead
On that road of the informer, it is always night. I cannot ever inform against anyone without feeling something die within me. I inform without pleasure, because it is necessary.
Whittaker ChambersRead