The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most political part of the human personality because it is what drives people to want to be recognized as superior to others.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

意见正确而不被采纳，意见错误而不被废止，有功的人得不到奖赏，有罪的人得不到惩治，这样能够治理好百姓国家的，从来没有过。