Who wrote these words first?
Hint: It was not Barack Obama.
For the average city-state the best constitution will be a mean between the rule of rich and poor; the middle-class will be supreme. No state will be well administered unless the middle-class holds sway.
It is harder to preserve than to found a Democracy. To preserve it we must prevent the poor from plundering the rich; we must not exhaust the public revenue by giving pay for the performance of public duties; we must prevent the growth of a pauper class.
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