Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal and equals that they might be superior… — Aristotle
Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal and equals that they might be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
In the original Greek
ἐλάττους τε γὰρ ὄντες ὅπως ἴσοι ὦσι στασιάζουσι, καὶ ἴσοι ὄντες ὅπως μείζους
Politics · 350 BC
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Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 5.
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Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 5.
