“He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled”
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
“He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled”
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
Agathon (-448–-401 BC) Athenian tragic poet
Stobaeus, Florilegium, XL, VI, 24, as reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of Quotations (1897), p. 515.
Sun Tzu (-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty
Source: The Art of War, Chapter X · Terrain
“The rationality of the ruled is always the weapon of the rulers.”
Zygmunt Bauman (1925–2017) Polish philosopher and sociologist
Source: Modernity and the Holocaust
Sarah Monette book The Goblin Emperor
Source: The Goblin Emperor (2014), Chapter 23, "The Opposition of the Court" (p. 294)
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
Remarks at a luncheon http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/WCPD-2002-08-26/html/WCPD-2002-08-26-Pg1411.htm for gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon in Stockton, California, August 23, 2002. <br class="br">2000s, 2002
W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) English librettist of the Gilbert & Sullivan duo
The first Lord's Song.
H.M.S. Pinafore (1878)
Jane Roberts (1929–1984) American Writer
Session 485, Page 308
The Early Sessions: Sessions 1-42, 1997, The Early Sessions: Book 9
“Change for your own sake, if you must, not for what you imagine another will ask of you.”
Emma Donoghue (1969) Irish novelist, playwright, short-story writer and historian
Source: Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins