Governed Quotes

422 Governed quotes by 322 unique authors

Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women. — Roger Ebert
The more democratic and open a society is, the more it's exposed to terrorism. The more a country is free, not governed by a police… — Oriana Fallaci
The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed. — William Henry Harrison
The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract. — Stephen Hawking
Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few. — David Hume
A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared… — Aldous Huxley
It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. — William Ralph Inge
Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct. — Muhammad Iqbal
Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion. — James Joyce
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws. — Vladimir Lenin
Men still have to be governed by deception. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
I live in Realville, and my problem is that I'm governed by logic. And some of the claims that are made by people on the… — Rush Limbaugh
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in… — James Madison
I must govern the clock, not be governed by it. — Golda Meir
A person's basic humanity is not governed by how he or she came into this world, or whether somebody else happens to have the same… — Nathan Myhrvold
Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man… — Thomas Paine
And my Christianity, first and foremost, governed the way that I tried to deal with people. — Mike Pence
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants. — William Penn
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed. — William Penn
Statisticians tell us that people underestimate the sheer number of coincidences that are bound to happen in a world governed by chance. — Steven Pinker
And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we… — Alan Rickman
I deeply believe that if the Australian Labor Party, a party of which I have been a proud member for more than 30 years, is… — Kevin Rudd
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of… — Bertrand Russell
The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO. — Jose Saramago
Starbucks has stores in America in many, many communities that are governed by many, many different municipalities. Starbucks cannot dictate to a municipality in Cincinnati… — Howard Schultz

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