America: What Did Socrates Mean?

Written by Frank Li

After listening to Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Confucius, Aristotle, Sun Tzu, Plato, and Mencius, let’s listen to Socrates, shall we?

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1. Quote #1

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

He meant: Is Trump is a tyrant? Read: Give President Trump a Chance to Govern!

2. Quote #2

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

He meant: Just look at the Internet in general and FB groups in specific: so many [negative] comments, but so few people really read beyond the title! For more, read: Internet and Hate.

3. Quote #3

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

He meant: Read: The America That Can No Longer Think, Politically.

4. Quote #4

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

He meant: Read: Towards an Ideal Form of Government (Version 3).

5. Quote #5

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil!

He meant: Read: Brainwashing in Communism and in Democracy.

6. Quote #6

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

He meant: Frank Li lives to change the world. Read the image below.

7. Quote #7

The wisest have the most authority

He meant: Read: Governance in China: Past, Present, and Future.

8. Quote #8

Philosophy is the highest music.

He meant: Read: Ancient Greece vs. Ancient China.

9. Quote #9

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.

He meant: Read: Socrates Quotes.

10. Quote #10

Democracy… is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and un-equals alike.

He meant: America is doomed, thanks to democracy, as we practice it today! For more, watch the video below.