A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
People want our elected officials to govern and for government to work. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
Everything we do in public policy prevents us from doing something else. To govern is to choose. — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
Woman, I tell you, is a microcosm; and rightly to rule her, requires as great talents as to govern a state. — Samuel Foote Copy Share Image
The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses. — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
I believe in the America people's ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
Benghazi matters because Americans deserve to know the truth from those entrusted to lead and govern. — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
We need someone who's going to govern on behalf of everyone in this country, including immigrants. — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A campaign forms the basis for the public's expectations of how the candidate will govern once in office. — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
By nature, every individual has the right to govern himself; and governments, whether founded on majorities or minorities, must derive their right… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Our carefully constructed system of checks and balances is being negated by the rise of a fourth branch, an administrative state of… — Jonathan Turley Copy Share Image
Not by the forces of civil war can you govern the very weakest woman. You can kill that woman, but she escapes… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true… — Confucius Copy Share Image
We should govern our actions by assuming that people are more good than bad. Whereas, most of our social policies dictate that… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
I think that if Republicans are given the reins of leadership in the House or Senate or both, we will have to… — John Thune Copy Share Image
“If you would truly govern men, dive to their utmost depths. For men are more than foaming waves. But to dive to… — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less in common with the lone… — Steven Weber Copy Share Image
“The vast majority of administrators, at all times and in all societies, are prone to commit grievous errors if left entirely to… — Muhammad Asad Copy Share Image
Reflect how you are to govern a people who think they ought to be free, and think they are not. Your scheme… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
All men are equal and free: society by nature, and destination, is therefore autonomous and ungovernable. If the sphere of activity of… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
“When reading the history of the Jewish people, of their flight from slavery to death, of their exchange of tyrants, I must… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“For long periods the High seem to be securely in power, but sooner or later there always comes a moment when they… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“The country isn’t half worked out because they that governs it won’t let you touch it. They spend all their blessed time… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“Politics are popularly supposed to govern the direction, and statesmen to be the guardian angels, of Civilization. It seems to me that… — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
It is equally clear that a government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
