Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluc…

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Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst. ✨ Plato, Julius A. Sigler (1997). Education: Ends and Means, p.21, University Press of America
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Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst. ✨ Plato, Julius A. Sigler (1997). Education: Ends and Means, p.21, University Press of America

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