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 1     II, IX  |            land has passed into the hands of a few. And this is due
 2     II, IX  |             is apt to fall into the hands of very poor men, who, being
 3     II, IX  |            of the land being in the hands of the Spartans, they do
 4     II, XII |      practice equal skill with both hands, so that one should be as
 5    III, IV  |          live by the labor of their hands: under these the mechanic
 6    III, VII |           in states, must be in the hands of one, or of a few, or
 7    III, VIII|             the government in their hands; democracy, the opposite,
 8    III, VIII|             have the power in their hands? In like manner oligarchy
 9    III, VIII|             have the power in their hands because they are stronger?
10    III, XI  |              who has many feet, and hands, and senses; that is a figure
11    III, XIV |             and vultures, for in my hands is death"?~This, then, is
12    III, XVI |              or act better with two hands or feet, than many with
13    III, XVI |   themselves many eyes and ears and hands and feet. For they make
14     IV, IV  |             have the power in their hands, not as individuals, but
15     IV, IV  |             have an things in their hands, and they hold in their
16     IV, IV  |              and they hold in their hands the votes of the people,
17     IV, V   |             have the power in their hands.~
18     IV, VI  |            the offices in their own hands, and the law ordains that
19     IV, XIII|   combination, power will be in the hands of one party only. The government
20     IV, XV  |       combine many offices in a few hands, since the small number
21      V, I   |       administration into their own hands. Further, there is a question
22      V, V   |             power was placed in the hands of individuals; thus a tyranny
23      V, VII |     property tends to pass into few hands, the notables can do too
24      V, VII |           the state passed into the hands of the revolutionists, who
25      V, VIII| aristocracies from falling into the hands of families; it is not easy
26      V, X   |             he had the power in his hands already, either as king
27      V, X   |             have the power in their hands. Thus generals of armies
28      V, XI  |          suffering injustice at his hands, and they are less disposed
29     VI, VII |            which ought to be in the hands of the governing body, should
30    VII, VII |           received a wrong at their hands: as indeed is reasonable;
31    VII, VIII|           of them, and in their own hands, too, in order to maintain
32    VII, IX  |         property should be in their hands, since the husbandmen will
33    VII, XIII|           most easily molded by the hands of the legislator. An else