We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force. — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
“It follows then of course, that the things which are watched over and governed should be acquainted with their ruler” — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
“power that isn’t really justified by the will of the governed should be dismantled.” — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think parenting is very different now. We're totally governed by our children! — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
“Being rule governed, I operate in a world filled with imaginary restraints.” — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
How can a thing possibly govern others when it cannot be governed itself? — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Every age that has historical status is governed by aristocracies. — Joseph Goebbels Copy Share Image
When I came in, Haiti was not governed by Haitians anymore. Probably mostly by NGOs. And that has done what to Haiti?… — Michel Martelly Copy Share Image
The powers of government exercised locally derive from a federal law authorizing government by consent in local affairs only, unless those affairs… — Dick Thornburgh Copy Share Image
How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
The prime communities of the Southwest are survival communities. Their sustenance is governed by rainfall and wind direction. You can study little… — Antoine Predock Copy Share Image
It takes very little to govern good people. Very little. And bad people cant be governed at all. Or if they could… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Government has ceased to mean upholding and reinforcing the traditional rights and morals of the governed; it now means compulsion in the… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
“No country can be well governed unless its citizens as a body keep religiously before their minds that they are the guardians… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The economy is governed through cartel agreements and monopoly. The attorney general is the one who's controlling funds. There is no free… — Bidzina Ivanishvili Copy Share Image
I don't lose my temper. I used to, but I realised I would probably die of a brain hemorrhage. So I've governed… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
Obama ran as sane and decent, as though we were electing a mood, and not necessarily a set of policies. Unfortunately, Obama… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
“above all, Locke’s transforming idea that government was established and maintained by the consent of the governed, in which all men had… — James MacGregor Burns Copy Share Image
Brutes are governed by their appetites and impulses. Savages are but little removed in this respect from brutes. Brutish men and coarse… — Joseph P. Bradley Copy Share Image
A lot of what I've done as Nine Inch Nails has been governed by fear. I was trying to keep the songs… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
To be governed is, under pretext of public utility and in the name of the general interest, to be laid under contribution,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
This country must be governed, and can be governed, simply on questions of policy and administration and the French Canadians who have… — Wilfrid Laurier Copy Share Image
“Being the World’s Most Powerful Leader is Easier Than You Think One of my first executive orders was to impose a moratorium… — Nancy Omeara Copy Share Image
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