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<blockquote>''μᾶλλον ἀδιάφθορον τὸ πολύ - καθάπερ ὕδωρ τὸ πλεῖον, οὕτω καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ὀλίγων ἀδιαφθορώτερον.''<ref>Aristotle, ''Politics'', 1286a.</ref></blockquote> |
<blockquote>''μᾶλλον ἀδιάφθορον τὸ πολύ - καθάπερ ὕδωρ τὸ πλεῖον, οὕτω καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ὀλίγων ἀδιαφθορώτερον.''<ref>Aristotle, ''Politics'', 1286a.</ref></blockquote> |
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<blockquote>''The multitude is more incorruptible - just as the larger stream of water is purer, so the mass of citizens is less corruptible than the few.''<ref>.</ref></blockquote> |
<blockquote>''The multitude is more incorruptible - just as the larger stream of water is purer, so the mass of citizens is less corruptible than the few.''<ref>= Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 21, translated by H. Rackham, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1944.</ref></blockquote> |
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==Maximilien Robespierre== |
==Maximilien Robespierre== |
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