Quote by Plato

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest

Summary

This quote suggests that a tyrant, once they have eliminated external threats, tends to intentionally incite conflicts as a means to consolidate their power and justify their leadership. By constantly engaging the people in wars or creating a climate of fear, the tyrant ensures that the population remains dependent on their guidance and authority. This manipulation of fear and conflict allows the tyrant to maintain control, as the people continuously look to them as their leader in times of crisis.

By Plato

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

James Russell Lowell

Belief

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The o

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews.

William Faulkner

Criticism

I'm a hopeless romantic. It's disgusting. It really is. I've

I'm a hopeless romantic. It's disgusting. It really is. I've seen 'While You Were Sleeping', like, twenty times, and I still believe in the whole Prince Charming thing.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Romantic

Until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through h

Until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his ass.

Acting Actors

Why is it that wherever I go, the resident idiot heads strai

Why is it that wherever I go, the resident idiot heads straight for me?

Foolishness Fools

The law of love could be best understood and learned through

The law of love could be best understood and learned through little children.

Love Children

But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies

But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit, For if they could, Cupid himself would blush To see me thus transformed to a boy

William Shakespeare

Love

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning fo

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

Learning

The money complex is the demonic, and the demonic is God's a

The money complex is the demonic, and the demonic is God's ape; the money complex is therefore the heir to and substitute for the religious complex, an attempt to find God in things.

Norman O. Brown

Money

The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their live

The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their beauty to defy the foulness of theocracy. Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Azar Nafisi as their ideal feminine model.

Christopher Hitchens

Feminism Religion Islam Iran Afghanistan Ayaan Hirsi Ali Azar Nafisi Heroes Heroines Iraq Role Models Taliban Treatment Of Women

Really in technology, it's about the people, getting the bes

Really in technology, it's about the people, getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.

Technology

The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events

The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and their first performances fill the pit with conjecture and prognostication, as the first actions of a new monarch agitate nations with hope and fear

Appearance