[A ruler is merely] the trustee of the rights of other men and he must always stand in dread of having in… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Of course, women have long exercised influence behind the scenes. A few thousand years ago this drove Aristotle to distraction: 'What difference… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
It must not be supposed that happiness will demand many or great possessions; for self-sufficiency does not depend on excessive abundance, nor… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say… — Henry Knox 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
It is our grave mistake that for many years we neglected pro-Western groups in order to avoid any friction with the existing… — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
Everyone sort of lives with their rulers in the past and doesn’t look at coming changes. — Stanley Druckenmiller Copy Share Image
...but let it suffice us to know that it became God, who is the supreme Ruler, Governor and Judge of all that… — John Owen Copy Share Image
They [rulers] must act like a good physician who, when gangrene has set in proceeds without mercy to cut, saw, and burn… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless... From the conclusion of this… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the world, being the persuader of it? — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The wisdom of the Bible writers is more than human; the prophecies proclaim a Supreme Ruler who, though inhabiting all space, deigns… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
Modern historians have suggested that in his last years he (Richard II) was overtaken by mental disease, but that is only a… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
The missionaries of Christianity had said in effect: You have no right to live among us as Jews. The secular rulers who… — Raul Hilberg Copy Share Image
People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers. — Plato Copy Share Image
Alas...I too have known love, that ruler of hearts, that soul of our soul: it's never brought me anything except one kiss… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
This sutra enjoins a rule of morality. It says nobody should be disrespected. A man can impress evdrybnody by his virtues. Disrespecting… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
If rulers learn to undervalue the lives of their own subjects by the custom of war, how much more do they undervalue… — Noah Worcester Copy Share Image
The Arab rulers are basically unpopular. They are supported by the United States against the wishes of their people. In all of… — Edward Said Copy Share Image