Dialogue

 1 Intro|         flock. I think that we can best distinguish him by having
 2 Intro|         trader or merchant, who at best can only lay claim to economical
 3 Intro|    business of a king; and yet the best thing of all is, not that
 4 Intro|         law, which, though not the best thing possible, is best
 5 Intro|            best thing possible, is best for the imperfect condition
 6 Intro|           although this is not the best thing of all, but only the
 7 Intro|           all, but only the second best. And whoever, having skill,
 8 Intro|      number of them, including the best, will be seven. Under monarchy
 9 Intro|           government of one is the best and the worst—the government
10 Intro|        good of them all, being the best of all lawless governments,
11 Intro|           wanting. The noblest and best of all webs or states is
12 Intro|          better than none. And the best thing which they can do (
13 Intro|             though only the second best in reality), is to reduce
14 Intro|             he regards this as the best and speediest way of reforming
15 Intro|          permanent.~b. Whether the best form of the ideal is a person
16 Intro|          ten thousand if he be the best.’ If, however, we mean by
17 Intro|       ancient and modern times the best balanced form of government
18 Intro|            has been held to be the best; and yet it should not be
19 Intro|        their behest. When with the best intentions the benevolent
20 Intro| characterized by Thucydides as the best government of Athens which
21 Intro|       compelled to do, not what is best, but what is possible.~d.
22 Intro|        which is supposed to be the best way of taking care of them.
23 Intro|          laissez-faire’ is not the best but only the second best.
24 Intro|           best but only the second best. What the best is, Plato
25 Intro|          the second best. What the best is, Plato does not attempt
26 Intro|         the pattern of that second best form of government, which,
27 State|     plainer.~STRANGER: O Socrates, best of men, you are imposing
28 State|    completion of the argument will best show what you are so anxious
29 State|             STRANGER: Will not the best and easiest way of bringing
30 State|    business of a king, and yet the best thing of all is not that
31 State|   therefore cannot enforce what is best. The differences of men
32 State|         approved, although not the best thing in the world.~YOUNG
33 State|        when regarded as the second best thing, if you set aside
34 State|          of what I call the second best?~YOUNG SOCRATES: By all
35 State|           danger of this, the next best thing in legislating is
36 State|            he can only act for the best by violating the laws, while
37 State|      prescriptions or laws, is the best of all the six, and when
38 State|        lawful governments, and the best of all lawless ones. If
39 State|           form in which to live is best; if they are well ordered,
40 State|             the first form, is the best, with the exception of the
41 State|         helm of States:—How can we best clear away all these, leaving
42 State|      without due regard to what is best for the procreation of children.~
43 State|          perfected the noblest and best of all the webs which political