• “False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.” ~Plato, Greek philosopher in Dialogues, Phaedo
  

• “Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.” ~Plato (428-347 BC)
  

• “A tyrant … is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.” ~Plato (429-347 BC)
  

• “States are as the men are; they grow out of human characters.” ~Plato
  

• “Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body;
but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.” ~Plato (429-347 BC)
  

• “Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.” ~Plato (429-347 BC)
  

• “Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.” ~Greek philosopher Plato (427-347 B.C.)
  

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“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.” —Plato (c. 428-348 BC)