Thus, Plato, who commenced these interesting speculations, likens government to a just man, delighting in justice always, however treated by others; and the philosopher insists that every man is a government to himself as every community is a government to itself.
Sumner references Plato's view of government as a reflection of justice in individuals and communities.
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