An enlightened ruler doesnot worry about people not knowing him; he worriesabout not knowing people. — Zhuge Liang Copy Share Image
People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern. — Laozi Copy Share Image
A wise ruler should rely on what is under his own control, not on what is under the control of others. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
If your ruler is just, then praise God; but if he is unjust, pray to God to rid you of him. — Umar Copy Share Image
Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Rulers exist entirely through the persons of others. Their goal is in their subjects, in the activity of enslaving. They are as… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
It can be considered a rule that the probable duration of an Empire may be prognosticated by the degree to which its… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
A kingdom always includes three fundamental components: a ruler, a realm of subjects who fall under his rule, and the rules or… — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
Fate! There is no fate. Between the thought and the success God is the only agent. Fate is not the ruler, but… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
I may fight the British ruler, but I do not hate the English or their language. In fact, I appreciate their literary… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Satan is the ruler of humanity (John 14:30). The result is that lost mankind hates and rejects Jesus Christ:... And, since unconverted… — R. L. Hymers, Jr Copy Share Image
They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are… — David Hume Copy Share Image
What has been happening in Turkey. The country has been taken over by the present rulers and they have been very, very… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
The god hypothesis is no longer of any pragmatic value for the interpretation or comprehension of nature, and indeed often stands in… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
I am not one of those who think that the people are never in the wrong. They have been so, frequently and… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear;… — Laozi Copy Share Image
He passed over his fall, and appointed him first of the Apostles; wherefore He said: ' 'Simon, Simon,' etc. (in Ps. cxxix.… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Among our neighbors of Central and Southern America, we see the Caucasian mingled with the Indian and the African. They have the… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
I often quote Hitler, who said words to the effect of, "Rulers are fortunate that the people do not think." Politicians know… — Ernie Chambers Copy Share Image
In regard to the so-called social contract, I have often had occasion to protest that I haven't even seen the contract, much… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
The massive corruption common in so many developing countries would be quite impossible if Western countries did not provide convenient opportunities to… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
Human memory awakens and extinguishes at will. It dulls and sharpens actions, enlarges and shrinks those who perform them. It humbles and… — Meir Shalev Copy Share Image
We are no longer citizens, we no longer have leaders. We're subjects, and we have rulers. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The rulers of the country generally believed that betting eliminates strikes. Men had to work in order to gamble. — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
We have reached the point where ignorance and neglect are the best we can hope for in a ruler. — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
In free governments the rulers are the servants and the people are their superiors and sovereigns. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
It is the obligation of the ruler to continually renew himself in order to renew the people by his example. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons. — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
Oh Allah, strike the apostate rulers, Oh Allah, kill them one after the other, sparing none. — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Copy Share Image
