Govern Quotes

513 Govern quotes by 381 unique authors

To a traveler paying his first visit, [San Francisco] has the interest of a new planet.Â It ignores the meteorological laws which govern the rest… — Unknown Author
If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they… — Bob Kerrey
Humaneness and justice are the means by which to govern properly. When government is carried out properly, people feel close to the leadership and think… — Du Mu
Woman, I tell you, is a microcosm; and rightly to rule her, requires as great talents as to govern a state. — Samuel Foote
Conservatives cannot govern well for the same reason that vegetarians cannot prepare a world-class boeuf bourguignon: If you believe that what you are called upon… — Alan Wolfe
Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world. — Laozi
Peace and quiet govern the world. — Laozi
People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern. — Laozi
Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make changes in the way a nation thinks, you have to… — Pete du Pont
Supposing Catherine Lim was writing about me and not the prime minister...She would not dare, right? Because my posture, my response has been such that… — Lee Kuan Yew
Anybody who decides to take me on needs to put on knuckle-dusters. If you think you can hurt me more than I can hurt you,… — Lee Kuan Yew
My colleagues and I are of that generation of young men who went through the Second World War and the Japanese Occupation and emerged determined… — Lee Kuan Yew
If I were in authority in Singapore indefinitely without having to ask those who are governed whether they like what is being done, then I… — Lee Kuan Yew
You govern your surroundings by the nature of what is taking place in your consciousness. — Joel S. Goldsmith
Up to this moment I have been pleased to entrust the government of my affairs to the late Cardinal. It is now time that I… — Louis XIV
It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others. — Lord Acton
God doth not govern the world only by his will as an absolute monarch, but by his wisdom and goodness as a tender father. It… — Stephen Charnock
Those sciences which govern the morals of mankind, such as Theology and Philosophy, make everything their concern: no activity is so private or so secret… — Michel de Montaigne
Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office. — Allen Weinstein
Information technology alone cannot provide us an absolute shield against its evil twin disinformation technology. Our only protection is law, and that protection is available… — Paul Starr

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