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Quotation from Statesman by Plato

“And this therefore is the worst of all lawful governments, and the best of all lawless ones.”

Plato (spoken by Eleatic Stranger)

Statesman, The six constitutions (303a), trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)

The Stranger's verdict on democracy: dividing power among many makes it weak for both good and evil.

Citation: "And this therefore is the worst of all lawful governments, and the best of all lawless ones." — Plato, Statesman, The six constitutions (303a), trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-statesman-q4)

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