Govern Quotes

513 Govern quotes by 381 unique authors

A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It does not haggle… — Anatole France
Through it [literature] we know the past, govern the present, and influence the future. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
We are not philosophers, we are sovereigns. The rules that govern our behavior are not the rules for other men, and our honor, I think,… — Megan Whalen Turner
The civil magistrate cannot function without some ethical guidance, without some standard of good and evil. If that standard is not to be the revealed… — Greg L. Bahnsen
...fairness," he said, "does not govern life and death. if it did, no good person would ever die." "Strangers," the Blue Man said, "are just… — Mitch Albom
In Washington and Moscow they are saying, 'Man has finally come of age; he doesn't need paternalistic help.' Which is another way of saying, 'We… — Philip K. Dick
Perhaps we all lose our sense of reality to the precise degree to which we are engrossed in our own work, and perhaps that is… — W G Sebald
When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. Our love of the Lord will… — Ezra Taft Benson
Any person who wants to govern the world is by definition the wrong person to do it. — Greg Iles
You can bind my body, tie my hands, govern my actions: you are the strongest, and society adds to your power; but with my will,… — George Sand
To bring the matter to one point, Is the power who is jealous of our prosperity, a proper power to govern us? Whoever says, No,… — Thomas Paine
What we need today are not more laws to govern believers. What we need is a greater revelation and appreciation of Jesus and everything that… — Joseph Prince
...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime. — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Mortality is a school of suffering and trials. We are here that we may be educated in a school of suffering and of fiery trials,… — Lorenzo Snow
This isn't animal experimentation, where you an imagine some proportionate good at the other end of the suffering. This is what we feel like eating.… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Don't let fear govern your decision. — Nicholas Sparks
I cannot prove that gods do not exist. Nor can I prove that the world and everything in it was not created by an entity… — Christopher Paolini
Markets are useful instruments for organizing productive activity. But unless we want to let the market rewrite the norms that govern social institutions, we need… — Michael Sandel
Freedom is a state of mind, I said wondering where I'd heard it before, not a state of being. We are all slaves to gravity… — Walter Mosley

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