You will be a wise leader of the people if you do not allow the multitude either to do or to suffer outrage, but see to it that the best among them shall have the honors, while the rest shall suffer no impairment of their rights. For these are the first and most important elements of good government. Isocrates. To Nicocles. Book 2. Section 16.
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| Warrior about to hurl conquered youth restored erroneously with the head of Commodus. Photographed at the Museo Archaeologico Nazionale di Napoli in Naples, Italy. |
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