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Govern Quotes by James Madison
- 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…
- If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?
- Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
- What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were…
- If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.…
More Govern Quotes
- 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Thomas Paine