
Thales, 14.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages
Solon, 16.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages
Thales, 14.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages
Source: The Struggle for Judicial Supremacy: A Study in Crisis in American Power Politics (1941), P. 8
“Nothing in excess, including self-denial.”
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989), Chapter 2 “The Peaches of Forever” (p. 29)
"A Republic, If You Can Keep It" https://web.archive.org/web/20140327090001/http://www.thatsmags.com/shanghai/articles/12321 (2013) (original emphasis)
“Moderation is a fatal thing, Lady Hunstanton. Nothing succeeds like excess.”
Lord Illingworth, Act III
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
“Others may call it excessive, but I say it's not enough.”
p, 125
The History of Freedom in Antiquity (1877)
Anarchist Manifesto (1850)
Context: Indeed:
Who says anarchy, says negation of government;
Who says negation of government, says affirmation of the people;
Who says affirmation of the people, says individual liberty;
Who says individual liberty, says sovereignty of each;
Who says sovereignty of each, says equality;
Who says equality, says solidarity or fraternity;
Who says fraternity, says social order;
By contrast:
Who says government, says negation of the people;
Who says negation of the people, says affirmation of political authority;
Who says affirmation of political authority, says individual dependency;
Who says individual dependency, says class supremacy;
Who says class supremacy, says inequality;
Who says inequality, says antagonism;
Who says antagonism, says civil war;
From which it follows that who says government, says civil war.