Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 565 |
| AUTHOR: | Plato (427?–347 |
| QUOTATION: | The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Attributed to The Constitution Party was founded in 1952 and ceased in 1968, according to Edward L. and Frederick H. Schapsmeier, Political Parties and Civil Action Groups, pp. 122–23 (1981). See also Evil. |
| SUBJECTS: | Evil |