Nothing can turn out well for those who neglect to adopt a sound policy for the conduct of their government as a whole

Nothing can turn out well for those who neglect to adopt a sound policy for the conduct of their government as a whole. Isocrates, Areopagiticus. Speech 7. Section 11.

Image: Detail of Chariot Race in the Circus Maximus by Alfredo Tominz courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. I selected this image because it looks like a disastrous day at the hippodrome and reminded me of the Nika riots against the emperor Justinian I that began in Constantinople's hippodrome and extended over the course of a week in 532 CE. They were the most violent riots in the city's history, with nearly half of Constantinople being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed.