Being rule governed, I operate in a world filled with…

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.

— William Henry Harrison

The prime communities of the Southwest are survival communities. Their sustenance is governed by rainfall and wind direction. You can study little enclaves of…

— Antoine Predock

A well governed people are generally a people who do not think much.

— Andre Siegfried

True is the saying: 'In order to make the world tranquil and happy, the nation must first be well governed!'

— Sun Yat-sen

That is because the conflict with al Qaeda is not governed by the Geneva Conventions, which applies only to international conflicts between states that…

— John Yoo

Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others.

— Theodore Roosevelt

We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force.

— William Sloane Coffin

Government has ceased to mean upholding and reinforcing the traditional rights and morals of the governed; it now means compulsion in the service of…

— Joseph Sobran

Democracy is a device that ensures the people shall be governed no better than they deserve.

— Anthony Scaramucci

In a democratic set-up, people who are being governed should also be a part of the governing system. They should be drafted into the…

— Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

— Golda Meir

I think parenting is very different now. We're totally governed by our children!

— Andy Serkis

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

— John Selden

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

— Giambattista Vico

A lot of what I've done as Nine Inch Nails has been governed by fear. I was trying to keep the songs in a…

— Trent Reznor