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 βNot 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
Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants to wipe out religion.
Karen ArmstrongRead
Take it that you have died today, and your life's story is ended; and henceforward regard what future time may be given you as uncovenanted surplus, and live it out in harmony with nature.
Marcus AureliusRead
We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom.
Aldous HuxleyRead
What's happening now is what happened before, and often what's going to happen again sometime or other
Orson WellesRead
Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be.
John Maynard KeynesRead
I knew it like destiny, and at the same time, I knew it as choice.
Jeanette WintersonRead