Pair of phrases: Putin vs Lycurgus

We roll the children there

“After all, we have, even from the Soviet Union, we got a special training system: physical and mathematical schools, then biological schools, then music schools at conservatories, ballet schools. What we are proud of. And, of course, sport is figure skating, such our sports are prestigious, where we have good competencies, we sought success, hockey. So I came up with this. Yes, yes, I came up with this ... Here is Sirius ... This, by the way, I came up with the name myself. Sidd, thought what to call, then remembered that the brightest star in the sky was Sirius. There, the brightest guys gather, that's why I suggested that you call it ... We take it to this Sirius for 21 days and every 21 days we roll children there. And we select from them those who have the greatest prospects, the best prospects ... It turned out very cool, I really like it. ”

Vladimir Putin, Russian President

“As soon as the boys reached the age of seven, Lycurgus took them from their parents and defeated the detachments to live and ate, accustoming to play and work beside each other. At the head of the detachment, he put the one who was superior to other quick wits and was more braver in fights. The rest were equal to him, executed his orders and silently suffered punishment, so the main consequence of such a way of life was the habit of obeying. The old men often looked after the games of the children and constantly quarreled them, trying to call a fight, and then carefully watched what quality of quality is from nature - whether the boy was brave and whether in contractions. They learned to literacy only to the extent that it was impossible to do without it, otherwise all education was reduced to the requirements of implicitly obey, steadfastly tolerate deprivations and prevail over the enemy. ”

Plutarch. " Lycurgus "