Ifs Quote by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

If a person doesn't govern his temper, his temper will govern him.

— John C. Maxwell

A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity.

— George Grenville

Of all the difficulties in a state, the temper of a true government most felicifies and perpetuates it; too sudden alterations distemper it. Had…

— Francis Quarles

A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.

— George Washington

The man who is bigger than his job keeps cool. He does not lose his head, he refuses to become rattled, to fly off…

— B. C. Forbes

A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious in the former, and…

— George Grenville

Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others.

— Theodore Roosevelt

There are some who lack confidence in the integrity and capacity of the people to govern themselves. To all who entertain such fears I…

— Andrew Johnson

If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?

— James Madison

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A man's fate is his own temper.

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may…

— James MacGregor Burns