Governed Quotes

422 quotes by 330 authors

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason. — Samuel Adams
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The human race is governed by its imagination. — Napoleon Bonaparte
In any society that is governed by the rule of law, some form of morality is always imposed. It's inescapable. — Kirk Cameron
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. — Dale Carnegie
People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. — Nicolas Chamfort
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and… — B R Ambedkar
Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by… — Stephen Ambrose
Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants. — Benjamin Franklin
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. — Alexander Hamilton
Take mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions. — Alexander Hamilton
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. This is a truth well understood by our… — Alexander Hamilton
The universe is founded in consciousness and guided by it. The final reality is Universal Consciousness. The Supreme Consciousness is Omnipresent. Its evolutionary powers pervade… — Shriram Sharma
It is the best of all games for me. It frequently escapes from the pattern of sport and assumes the form of a virile ballet.… — Jimmy Cannon
The only distinction between freedom and slavery consists in this: In the former state a man is governed by the laws to which he has… — Alexander Hamilton
There are very few so foolish that they had not rather govern themselves than be governed by others. — Thomas Hobbes
To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised, seized, censured, commanded, by beings… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of those detained at Abu Ghraib… — John Yoo
Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment… — Emile Durkheim

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