The Republic, by Plato. Part I.
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The Importance of Justice
Palomarchus: 'Is there any escape from the conclusion that the weaker are commanded to do not what is for their interest but what is for the injury of the stronger?' Clytophon interjects, "'If you are allowed to be his witness,' said Palomarchus. But there is no need of any witness,' said Socrates. "For Thrasimachus himself acknowledges that rulers may sometimes command what is not for their own interest and that for subjects to obey them is justice"
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