Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.

οὐ γὰρ ἀσφαλεῖς ταῖς πολιτείαις αἱ πρὸς τοὺς τυράννους αὗται λίαν ὁμιλίαι.

Demosthenes

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Topic

Foreign policy International politics Political theory Politics

Speaker

Demosthenes

Medium

Speech

Language

Greek

Time

343 BC 340s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Politician

From

Greece Europe

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Citation

Demosthenes. 2nd Philippic. c. 44 BC, Rome, Italy.

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Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."

Mao Zedong

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Mao Zedong
Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
1938 1930s 20th century
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Another quote from Classical antiquity

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Jesus

Matthew 7:7

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Prayer Seeking God Seeking Sermon on the Mount
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Advice
Language
Greek
Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 7:7).

Another quote originally in Greek

It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return.

Socrates

Quoted in Crito, by Plato

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Topic
Eye for an eye Retaliation Revenge Justice
Speaker
Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Crito
Medium
Philosophical dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
Greek
Time
399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Plato. Crito. 399 BCE.

Current Citation

Plato. "Crito." Plato: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2017.