Govern Quotes

513 quotes by 391 authors

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. — Lord Acton
I think we are realising that governments can't govern us any more. — Antonio Banderas
In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at… — Napoleon Bonaparte
America is a land where men govern, but women rule. — John Mason Brown
To govern means to pillage, as everyone knows. — Albert Camus
To govern mankind, one must not overrate them. — Lord Chesterfield
Our attitude determines how we evaluate our life's experiences. They determine how we evaluate ourselves. They also govern how we look at other people. Are… — Dallin H. Oaks
I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was… — Joan of Arc
Men are ruled, at this minute by the clock, by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Only by working within the laws that govern the flow of water will happiness be achieved. — Laozi
God is dead not because He doesn't exist, but because we live, play, procreate, govern, and die as though He doesn't. — Charles Colson
When I contemplate the natural dignity of man; when I feel (for Nature has not been kind enough to me to blunt my feelings) for… — Thomas Paine
The moment you abate anything from the full rights of men to each govern himself, and suffer any artificial positive limitation upon those rights, from… — Edmund Burke
There are very few so foolish that they had not rather govern themselves than be governed by others. — Thomas Hobbes
Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to retreat, being ignorant… — Sun Tzu
Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself. — Horace
It is impossible to account for the creation of the universe, without the agency of a Supreme Being. It is impossible to govern the universe… — George Washington
Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books. — Cardinal Richelieu
Let us replace sentimentalism by realism and dare to uncover those simple and terrible laws which, be they seen or unseen, pervade and govern. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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