Governed Quotes

422 Governed quotes by 322 unique authors

I hope that we have not labored in vain, and that our experiment will still prove that men can be governed by reason. — Thomas Jefferson
Professional traders have always had some system or other based upon their experience and governed either by their attitude towards speculation or by their desires. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and… — Leo Tolstoy
Those that deem politics beneath their dignity are doomed to be governed by those of lesser talents. — Aristotle
Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the… — David Hume
We might as well reasonably dispute whether it is the upper or the under blade of a pair of scissors that cuts a piece of… — Alfred Marshall
Opportunism is self interest seeking with guile often involving subtle forms of deceit, especially calculated efforts to mislead, distort, disguise, obfuscate, or otherwise confuse. This… — Unknown Author
Government should be good for the liberty of the governed, and that is when it governs to the least possible degree. It should be good… — Augustin Thierry
Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed. — DeForest Soaries
Were it part of our everyday education and comment that the corporation is an instrument for the exercise of power, that it belongs to the… — John Kenneth Galbraith
If our country, when pressed with wrongs at the point of the bayonet, had been governed by its heads instead of its hearts, where should… — Thomas Jefferson
There are still to be found , or designing men, who stand ready to advocate the paradox of perpetual peace between the states, though dismembered… — Alexander Hamilton
From the dim morning hours of history when the father was king and priest down to this modern time of history's high noon when nations… — Woodrow Wilson
When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much. — Ronald Reagan
We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the earth.… — Ronald Reagan
So it is naturally with the male and the female; the one is superior, the other inferior; the one governs, the other is governed; and… — Aristotle
When men exercise their reason coolly and freely, on a variety of distinct questions, they inevitably fall into different opinions, on some of them. When… — James Madison
No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or… — Thomas Paine
Almost all systems of economic thought are premised on the idea of continued economic growth, which would be fine and dandy if we lived on… — George Monbiot
The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power. — John Ruskin
There are plenty of people in the world whose lives are governed by rote and routine. Such people will never be happy dealing with me,… — John Elder Robison
I think your life is governed not by the bricks or mortar around you, its governed by who holds your hand and who spits in… — David McCallum
When you've moved past a point where you're just scrambling for jobs, you think about the things that you want to do. And the things… — Danny Glover
George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation. — Tony Snow
I'm not religious in the normal sense. I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by… — Stephen Hawking

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