"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools."
"And the first step, as you know, is always what matters most, particularly when we are dealing with those who are young and tender. That is the time when they are taking shape and when any impression we choose to make leaves a permanent mark."
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Source: Plato (2016). “The Republic”, p.256, Xist Publishing
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