According to Aristotle, "it is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature endowed with rights. Nature, as we often say, makes nothing in vain, and man is the only animal whom she has endowed with the gift of speech."

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Aristotle did argue that the state is a creation of nature and that man is a political animal by nature, but the specific quote about nature making nothing in vain and man being the only animal endowed with the gift of speech, while reflective of his ideas, is not accurately attributed to him in this exact wording. Aristotle's discussions on nature, man, and the state are more nuanced and spread across his works, particularly in "Politics" and "Nicomachean Ethics."

According to Aristotle, "It Is Evident That the State Is