The basis of a democratic state is liberty. — Aristotle

The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

In the original Greek

τούτου γὰρ στοχάζεσθαί φασι πᾶσαν δημοκρατίαν

Politics · 350 BC
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Provenance
Current citation
Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 6.
Original citation
Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 6.

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