Ability Quote by Cardinal Richelieu

The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

It would not be difficult to be a better ruler than I was: for I admit that I ruled badly; and even if I…

— Christina, Queen of Sweden

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

One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.

— Miguel de Cervantes

No matter what one says, you can recognize only those matters that are equal to you. Only rulers who possess extraordinary abilities will recognize…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

— Aristotle

It is better to be the servant of God than the ruler of men.

— Stefan Zweig

“And the good ruler is precisely the one who exercises his power as it ought to be exercised, that is, simultaneously exercising his power…

— Michel Foucault

A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.

— Anonymous

The art of governing is a great metier, requiring the whole man, and it is therefore not well for a ruler to have too…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A wise ruler should rely on what is under his own control, not on what is under the control of others.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.

— Han Fei