Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers – Aristotle

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life – Aristotle

Quality is not an act, it is a habit – Aristotle

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts – Aristotle

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular – Aristotle

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal – Aristotle