Governed Quotes

422 Governed quotes by 322 unique authors

During the fifteen minutes that followed, the proud and sensitive girl suffered a shame and pain which she never forgot. To others it might seem… — Louisa May Alcott
Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions. — Isabel Allende
Honest and earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched,- criticism of writers by readers, of government by those governed, of leaders by… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Because I'm a man who works, who knows what a human being is like inside, who knows that every human being has his worth, and… — Wilhelm Reich
In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
How many kings are governed by their ministers, how many ministers by their secretaries? Who, in such cases, is really the chief? — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I used to believe, although I don't now, that growing and growing up are analogous, that both are inevitable and uncontrollable processes. Now it seems… — Nick Hornby
If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will… — Confucius
Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself… — Oscar Wilde
And it really doesn't matter if we're under our desks with our hands over our heads or not, does it? No, said Mrs. Baker. It… — Gary D. Schmidt
As you will come to see, much is governed by the Golden Rule: he who has the gold makes the rules. — T. Colin Campbell
be glαd of life, becαuse it gives you the chαnce to love αnd to work αnd to plαy αnd to look up αt the stαrs;… — Henry Van Dyke
This Church is true. It will weather every storm that beats against it. It will outlast every critic who rises to mock it. It was… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Change is freedom, change is life. It's always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in. Don't make changes,… — Ursula K. Le Guin
The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbour to be governed, but he himself doesn't… — George Bernard Shaw
The few own the many because they possess the means of livelihood of all ... The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations,… — Helen Keller
In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy. — Matt Taibbi
The Heart of Gold fled on silently through the night of space, now on conventional photon drive. Its crew of four were ill as ease… — Douglas Adams
Men are admitted into heaven not because they have curbed and governed their passions or have no passions, but because they have cultivated their understandings.… — William Blake
Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts… — Confucius
Perhaps if we could popularise through the techniques of branding and consumerism, a different idea, a different narrative, perhaps the world can change. After all… — Russell Brand
Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than… — Margaret Thatcher
Privileged people don't march and protest; their world is safe and clean and governed by laws designed to keep them happy. — John Grisham
The creative process requires more than reason. Most original thinking isn't even verbal. It requires 'a groping experimentation with ideas, governed by intuitive hunches and… — David Ogilvy
They were governed by private loyalties which they did not question. What mattered were individual relationships, and a completely helpless gesture, an embrace, a tear,… — George Orwell

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