Clock Quote by Anonymous

Men are ruled, at this minute by the clock, by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

It is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving to life and wealth and power.

— Gautama Buddha

Men write many fine and plausible arguments in support of monarchy, but the fact remains that where every man has a voice, brutal laws…

— Mark Twain

Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are…

— Thomas Paine

Men are now proud of belonging to a conquering nation, and without a murmur they lay down their persons and their wealth, if by…

— William James

...short-sighted men who in their greed and selfishness will, if permitted, rob our country of half its charm by their reckless extermination of all…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by…

— Edmund Burke

Rich and great people can take care of themselves; but the poor and defenceless - the men with small cottages and large families -…

— John Bright

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

— William Penn

The mere fact of leaving ultimate social control in the hands of the people has not guaranteed that men will be able to conduct…

— Ruth Benedict

There is something very unnatural and odious in a government a thousand leagues off. A whole government of our own choice, managed by persons…

— John Adams

There is no land like England, Where'er the light of day be; There are no hearts like English hearts, Such hearts of oak as…

— Alfred Lord Tennyson