Let us then enunciate the functions of a state and we shall easily elicit what we want: First there must be food; secondly, arts, for life requires many instruments; thirdly, there must be arms, for the members of a community have need of them, and in their own hands, too, in order to maintain authority both against disobedient subjects and against external assailants....

Law is order, and good law is good order.

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds and in their character, a…

Diejenige Regierung ist die beste, die sich uberflussing macht.

Exterminate heresy, lest it take root and overturn the state and social order.

The Communist Party and the Soviet Government display constant concern to strengthen the country's defensive might and raise the combat readiness of the Armed …