Republics Quotes

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
Aristotle

Decline, Degenerate

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
Plutarch

Rich, Poor, Between

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
Vladimir Lenin

Freedom, Society, Same

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.
Ambrose Bierce

History, Powerful, Shows

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
James Madison

Great, Respect, May

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.
Joseph Story

Wise, Honest, Betray

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
Wendell Phillips

Debt, Corrupt, Disease

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
Charles de Montesquieu

Poverty, Luxury, Ruins

As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth century.
Robert A. Dahl

Men, Until, Later

Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics.
Carlos Fuentes

Black, America, After

Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
Charles de Secondat

End, Through, Poverty

There is no question but that the laws and principles which Solon laid down both foreshadowed and prepared the way for all republics of later ages, including our own.
Robert Welch

Down, Question, Both

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