Great men can't be ruled.

Men are ruled by toys.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

...if men are to be ruled, then the enemy is reason.

— Ayn Rand

Thinking men cannot be ruled; ambitious men do not stagnate.

— Ayn Rand

It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness…

— Walter Bagehot

The more a ruling class is able to assimilate the most prominent men of a ruled class, the more solid and dangerous its rule.

— Karl Marx

Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.

— Baruch Spinoza

“When men imagine a female uprising, they imagine a world in which women rule men as men have ruled women.”

— Sally Kempton

All the States and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedoms.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Our moneyed men have ruled us for the past thirty years. Under the flag of the slaveholder they hoped to destroy our liberty.

— Denis Kearney

In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Men are ruled, at this minute by the clock, by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

What some men don't understand is that by opposing policies to reduce violence, promote equal pay and universal healthcare and voting to limit access…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.

— Alan Paton

“Napoleon was criticized for giving “toys” to war-hardened veterans, and Napoleon replied, “Men are ruled by toys.”

— Dale Carnegie

Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.

— Napoleon Bonaparte