Rulers Quotes

Spirit is a more accurate measure of success than the ruler.

— Alan Cohen

God is the one who chooses our rulers

— Katherine Harris

Stillness is the ruler of haste.

— Laozi

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

— Ovid

You're the ruler of the universe. Try to show a little taste!

— Ed Wood

We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.

— Thomas Jefferson

Rigorous authority and justice are the kindness of kings.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.

— Laozi

Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them.

— Thomas Jefferson

When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.

— John Calvin

I die, as I have lived, a free spirit, an Anarchist, owing no allegiance to rulers, heavenly or earthly.

— Voltairine de Cleyre

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.

— Alfred Korzybski

He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in…

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty.

— Laozi

The worst of guardians is a cruel ruler. Beware of becoming one of them.

— Muhammad

Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered .

— Aristophanes

Imagine if the dinosaurs had tried picturing the rulers of their planet 100 million years hence. They'd undoubtedly envision these creatures as...…

— Seth Shostak

The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think…

— Elias Canetti

Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers…

— Ai Weiwei

It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to…

— James Madison

The latest political rumor, North Korea ruler Kim Jong Il is close to naming his successor. Yeah, he said the only person…

— Conan O'Brien

You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here in Western Europe. And in that stage…

— Herman Gorter

“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs…

— H.L. Mencken

There is no "ruler" in our country. Poland is a democracy. Our Prime Minister leads the government; the President is fulfilling his…

— Jaroslaw Kaczynski

The Arab rulers are basically unpopular. They are supported by the United States against the wishes of their people. In all of…

— Edward Said

They would be subject to no one, neither to lawful ruler nor to the reign of law, but would be altogether and…

— Plato

We need to claim lunch back. It is our natural right. It has been stolen from us by our rulers. The fear…

— Tom Hodgkinson

He is the dark prince. The all-powerful one. The leader of the creatures of the night." Then Meena said, "I'm confused then.…

— Meg Cabot

I am much nearer to creating one nation than Labour will ever be. Socialism is two nations. The privileged rulers, and everyone…

— Margaret Thatcher

The least Anararchic person in that conversation is the person saying 'you can't be an anarchist if you believe in god.' Because…

— Stefan Molyneux

The apparent rulers of the English nation are like the most imposing personages of the a splendid procession; it is by them…

— Walter Bagehot

The modern State exists not to protect our rights but to do us good or make us good - anyway, to do…

— C. S. Lewis

Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God. If we would trust God for our persecuted brothers and sisters in…

— Jerry Bridges

There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to…

— Sun Tzu

Our rulers will best promote the improvement of the nation by strictly confining themselves to their own legitimate duties, by leaving capital…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

O man, do you believe that Christ is God? If you believe, fear, and keep His commandments? there is no other God…

— Symeon the New Theologian

Men will see in their king or in their rulers men like themselves perhaps unworthy or open to criticism, but they will…

— Pope Pius XI

If one holds these high principles clearly before one's eyes, and compares them with the life and spirit of our times, then…

— Albert Einstein

Any sensible ruler would have killed off Leonard, and Lord Vetinari was extremely sensible and often wondered why he had not done…

— Terry Pratchett

I suppose authoritarians don't like being made fun of because authoritarian rulers have a very inflated sense of themselves and don't like…

— Salman Rushdie