Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered . — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We cannot change our rulers, but we can change the way they rule us. — Dhirubhai Ambani Copy Share Image
If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures. — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
I die, as I have lived, a free spirit, an Anarchist, owing no allegiance to rulers, heavenly or earthly. — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
There is no "ruler" in our country. Poland is a democracy. Our Prime Minister leads the government; the President is fulfilling his… — Jaroslaw Kaczynski Copy Share Image
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
No ruler in the history of the world has ever been able to afford a war. They're not affordable things. No prince… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here in Western Europe. And in that stage… — Herman Gorter Copy Share Image
It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The latest political rumor, North Korea ruler Kim Jong Il is close to naming his successor. Yeah, he said the only person… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
He who outrages benevolence is called a ruffian: he who outrages righteousness is called a villain. I have heard of the cutting… — Mencius Copy Share Image
In a room sit three great men, a king, a priest, and a rich man with his gold. Between them stands a… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
The lesson that Americans today have forgotten or never learned - the lesson which our ancestors tried so hard to teach -… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
“We say that we are rulers of this country, but we do not make a rule of law. We say that we… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
One has to realize that the powerful industrial groups concerned in the manufacture of arms are doing their best in all countries… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
…the globalization that characterizes today's economics goes beyond or eludes the sovereignty of individual states, and thus the power of their rulers.… — Patricio Aylwin Copy Share Image
The student of biology is often struck with the feeling that historians, when dealing with the rise and fall of nations, do… — Ronald Ross Copy Share Image
Throughout history civilian populations and political rulers have talked of peace. We have never been free of war. The soldier, whose profession… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are strong and self-reliant, and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Men will see in their king or in their rulers men like themselves perhaps unworthy or open to criticism, but they will… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
In fact, the libertarian would reason that the fact that human nature is a mixture of both good and evil provides its… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Any sensible ruler would have killed off Leonard, and Lord Vetinari was extremely sensible and often wondered why he had not done… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
[W]hich category of crimes does the State pursue and punish most intensely? [T]hose against private citizens or those against itself? The gravest… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
“Being an absolute ruler today was not as simple as people thought. At least, it was not simple if your ambitions included… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I read in a newspaper that I was to be received with all the honors customarily rendered to a foreign ruler. I… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I ask you and all the leaders of the world: Would you act differently, would you keep silent and do nothing if… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image