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title: "41 Governs Quotes by 36 authors"
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> [But it is not reason that governs love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moliere/but-it-is-not-reason-that-governs-love/)

[Moliere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moliere/)

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> [“The best government is that which governs least.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-l-o-sullivan/the-best-government-is-that-which-governs-least/)

[John L. O'Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-l-o-sullivan/)

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> [That government is best which governs least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/that-government-is-best-which-governs-least/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [How much we like ourselves governs our performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-tracy/how-much-we-like-ourselves-governs-our-performance/)

[Brian Tracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-tracy/)

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> [I consider myself an activist who governs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-gillum/i-consider-myself-an-activist-who-governs/)

[Andrew Gillum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-gillum/)

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> [Man governs himself more by impulse than reason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/man-governs-himself-more-by-impulse-than-reason/)

[Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/)

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> [The government is worst which governs most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cook/the-government-is-worst-which-governs-most/)

[James Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cook/)

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> [The dead governs the living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auguste-comte/the-dead-governs-the-living/)

[Auguste Comte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auguste-comte/)

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> [“In America the president reigns for 4 years, and journalism governs for ever and ever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/in-america-the-president-reigns-for-4-years-and-journalism-governs/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [The intensity of your desire governs the power with which the force is directed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcdonald/the-intensity-of-your-desire-governs-the-power-with-which-the-force/)

[John McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcdonald/)

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> [We cannot but believe that He who made the world still governs it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-cannot-but-believe-that-he-who-made-the-world-still-governs-it/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [You deserve whoever governs you ... Everyone is responsible for the actions of their leaders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-bear/you-deserve-whoever-governs-you-everyone-is-responsible-for-the/)

[Greg Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-bear/)

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> [Who is fit to govern others? He who governs himself. You might as well have said: nobody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus-william-hare/who-is-fit-to-govern-others-he-who-governs-himself-you-might-as-well/)

[Augustus William Hare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus-william-hare/)

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> [The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate individual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maximilien-robespierre/the-general-will-rules-in-society-as-the-private-will-governs-each/)

[Maximilien Robespierre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maximilien-robespierre/)

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> [No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/no-one-ever-teaches-well-who-wants-to-teach-or-governs-well-who-wants/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-kuan-yew/whoever-governs-singapore-must-have-that-iron-in-him-or-give-it-up/)

[Lee Kuan Yew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-kuan-yew/)

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> [The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-superior-man-governs-men-according-to-their-nature-with-what-is/)

[Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/)

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> [Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-mcgilchrist/attention-may-sound-dull-but-it-is-an-essential-aspect-of/)

[Iain McGilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-mcgilchrist/)

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> [Our father in heaven governs the affairs of men by placing specific individuals upon the earth to lead at specific times and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-b-lee/our-father-in-heaven-governs-the-affairs-of-men-by-placing-specific/)

[Harold B. Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-b-lee/)

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> [Government arrogates to itself that it alone forms men. Everybody knows that government never began anything. It is the whole world that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-phillips/government-arrogates-to-itself-that-it-alone-forms-men-everybody/)

[Wendell Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-phillips/)

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> [The thought about Republicans is, we're supposed to be Jeffersonian. That government governs the best that governs the least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-robertson/the-thought-about-republicans-is-we-re-supposed-to-be-jeffersonian/)

[Pat Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-robertson/)

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> [That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/that-government-is-best-which-governs-not-at-all-and-when-men-are/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [“In a political system where nearly every adult may vote but where knowledge, wealth, social position, access to officials, and other resources…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-m-bartels/in-a-political-system-where-nearly-every-adult-may-vote-but-where/)

[Larry M. Bartels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-m-bartels/)

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> [“God rules and governs all events, including the free acts of men and their external circumstances, and directs all things to their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/layton-talbert/god-rules-and-governs-all-events-including-the-free-acts-of-men-and/)

[Layton Talbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/layton-talbert/)

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> [“Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards! This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/whoever-governs-singapore-must-have-that-iron-in-him-or-give-it-up-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The government that governs from afar absolutely requires that the truth and the facts reach its knowledge by every possible channel, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/the-government-that-governs-from-afar-absolutely-requires-that-the/)

[Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/)

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> [Brutes are governed by their appetites and impulses. Savages are but little removed in this respect from brutes. Brutish men and coarse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-p-bradley/brutes-are-governed-by-their-appetites-and-impulses-savages-are-but/)

[Joseph P. Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-p-bradley/)

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> [“That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/that-government-is-best-which-governs-least-and-i-should-like-to-see/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [How a candidate runs shapes how a president governs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/how-a-candidate-runs-shapes-how-a-president-governs/)

[George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/)

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> [Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/passion-governs-and-she-never-governs-wisely/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [“That government is best that governs not at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/that-government-is-best-that-governs-not-at-all/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [That government that governs least governs best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/that-government-that-governs-least-governs-best/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Government is best which governs least](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/government-is-best-which-governs-least/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [The Law which governs all life is God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/the-law-which-governs-all-life-is-god/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [Imagination governs the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-bonaparte/imagination-governs-the-world/)

[Napoleon Bonaparte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-bonaparte/)

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> [Ask advice of him who governs himself well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/ask-advice-of-him-who-governs-himself-well/)

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/)

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> [The government that governs best, governs best!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/the-government-that-governs-best-governs-best/)

[Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/)

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> [He is most powerful who governs himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/he-is-most-powerful-who-governs-himself/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/that-government-is-best-which-governs-the-least-because-its-people/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves. If we are directed from Washington (heads of an organization)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/that-government-is-best-which-governs-least-because-its-people/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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## Top authors on Governs

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