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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 44550 |
| QUOTATION: | The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Plato (428–347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Quoted in Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Eloquence,” Society and Solitude (1870). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Plato Collection. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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