Political man

"A social instinct is implanted in all men by nature, and yet he
who first founded the state was the greatest of benefactors. For
man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated
from law and justice, he is the worst of all; since armed injustice
is the most dangerous, and he is equipped at birth with arms,
meant to be used by intelligence and virtue, which he may use
for the worst ends. Wherefore, if he have not virtue, he is the
most unholy and the most savage of animals, and the most full of
lust and gluttony. But justice is the bond of men in states, for the
administration of justice, which is the determination of what is
just, is the principle of order in political society." (1130)
"Now any member of the assembly, taken separately, is certainly
inferior to the wise man. But the state is made up of many in-
dividuals. And as a feast to which all the guests contribute is
better than a banquet furnished by a single man, so a multitude
is a better judge of many things than any one individual. Again,
the many are more incorruptible than the few; they are like the
greater quantity of water which is less easily corrupted than a
little.