![[Regarding legislative assemblies,] the number ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the confusion and intemperance of a multitude. In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever characters composed, passion never fails to wrest the scepter from reason. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.](/assets/img/quote-photos/regarding-legislative-assemblies-the-number-ought-at-most-to-be-kept-within-a.jpg)
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