Govern Quotes

513 Govern quotes by 381 unique authors

Rules help govern and steer a relationship along, so they're good things. But they become bad things when they become the narrow gate though which… — Miroslav Volf
Religions are manipulated in order to serve those who govern society and not the other way around. — Gore Vidal
The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong. — Alexander Pope
Those who think must govern those that toil. — Oliver Goldsmith
Those that govern most make least noise. — John Selden
A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian. — Pope Francis
A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we… — Pope Francis
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects.… — Benjamin Franklin
First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife. — Thomas Fuller
There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind… — Mahatma Gandhi
How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese? — Charles de Gaulle
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people… — Newt Gingrich
To rule is easy, to govern difficult. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain… — G I Gurdjieff
You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. — Mario Cuomo
I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let… — Jefferson Davis
Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern. — Alan Dershowitz
And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment. — George Eliot
I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over! — Elizabeth I

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