Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.
ATTRIBUTION:
James Madison (1751–1836), U.S. president. The Federalist Papers, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, p. 342, ed. Clinton Rossiter, New York (1961). The Federalist, No. 55 (February 13, 1788).
Referring to the need for small legislative bodies.
