Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions. (Aristotle)

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.

Aristotle

Related topics

equal mind order revolt state superior equals

Related quotes

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. View quote
François de La Rochefoucauld
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. View quote
George Santayana
The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else. View quote
Frédéric Bastiat
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent. View quote
Aldous Huxley
You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too. View quote
John Kenneth Galbraith