I desire
to be of a
middle
condition
in my
city.’
Thus it is
manifest
that the
best
political
community
is formed
by
citizens
of the
middle
class, and
that those
states are
likely to
be
well-administered
in which
the middle
class is
large, and
stronger
if
possible
than both
the other
classes,
or at any
rate than
either
singly;
for the
addition
of the
middle
class
turns the
scale, and
prevents
either of
the
extremes
from being
dominant.
