Govern Quotes

513 quotes by 381 authors

We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of… — James Madison
Laws just or unjust may govern men's actions. Tyrannies may restrain or regulate their words. The machinery of propaganda may pack their minds with falsehood… — Winston Churchill
The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by… — Thomas Jefferson
You must also remember that the world has God to govern it, and He has not left it to our charity. The Lord God is… — Swami Vivekananda
I know that certain minds would regard as audacious the idea of relating the laws which preside over the play of our organs to those… — Francois Magendie
Fortune and humor govern the world. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A considerable percentage of the people we meet on the street are people who are empty inside, that is, they are actually already dead. It… — G I Gurdjieff
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me. — Michel de Montaigne
Grammar, which can govern even Kings. — Moliere
There is a science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain laws which govern the process… — Wallace D. Wattles
How can a thing possibly govern others when it cannot be governed itself? — Seneca the Younger
I believe the states can best govern our home concerns and the federal government our foreign ones. — Thomas Jefferson
Republicans campaign like Libertarians and govern like Democrats. — Harry Browne
Money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws which govern its acquisition. — George S. Clason
I think the next [21st] century will be the century of complexity. We have already discovered the basic laws that govern matter and understand all… — Stephen Hawking
Myths and science fulfill a similar function: they both provide human beings with a representation of the world and of the forces that are supposed… — Francois Jacob
The earth's becoming at a particular period the residence of human beings, was an era in the moral, not in the physical world, that our… — Charles Lyell
When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern… — Edmund Burke
What I do say is, that no man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent. I say this is the leading… — Abraham Lincoln
We want to govern with our indigenous ancestors' models: That means a different concept of participation, community work and honesty... — Evo Morales

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