Governed Quotes

422 Governed quotes by 322 unique authors

For William Cecil and others in Elizabeth's Council, whose sense of Catholic conspiracy and threat governed their political thinking, England's security lay in the creation… — Unknown Author
Sixty-five months into Bush's presidency, conservatives feel betrayed The main cause of conservatives' anger with Bush is this: He talked like a conservative to win… — Richard Viguerie
Each of the seven chakras are governed by spiritual laws, principles of consciousness that we can use to cultivate greater harmony, happiness, and wellbeing in… — Deepak Chopra
We may as well face the fact, and face it squarely, that we are too much governed. The agencies of government have multiplied, their ramifications… — Unknown Author
The consent of the governed is not consent if it is not informed — Edward Snowden
And God has set up prayer in such a way that, if you want to explain it away, you can. That's the human mind. God… — Dallas Willard
Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself. Be true to the highest within your soul and then allow yourself… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The mark of a life governed by the Holy Spirit is that such a life is continually and ever more and more occupied with Christ,… — Theodore Austin-Sparks
Since man, fragment of the universe, is governed by the same laws that preside over the heavens, it is by no means absurd to search… — Marguerite Yourcenar
They have likewise discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve around Mars, whereof the innermost is distant from the center of the primary exactly… — Jonathan Swift
If a country is governed with tolerance, the people are comfortable and honest. If a country is governed with repression, the people are depressed and… — Laozi
The preservation of a free government requires not merely that the metes and bounds which separate each department of power be invariably maintained; but more… — James Madison
This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments. — Jacques Delors
Human dignity can be achieved only in the field of ethics, and ethical achievement is measured by the degree in which our actions are governed… — Arnold J. Toynbee
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future the Bible of the Free. Those who are solely governed by the Past stand like Lot's… — Herman Melville
Your longevity in the sport is governed by how you live in between the fights. — Carl Froch
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where… — Samuel Johnson
REPUBLIC, n. A nation in which, the thing governing and the thing governed being the same, there is only a permitted authority to enforce an… — Ambrose Bierce
Ninety percent of our lives is governed by emotion. — Alfred North Whitehead
Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, or if its laws be good or bad, examine the music it practices. — Confucius
The boy is not governed by don't, but is led by do. — Baden Powell de Aquino
Just as man is governed, in religion, by the products of his own brain, so, in capitalist production, he is governed by the products of… — Karl Marx
I've governed from a consistent set of principles — Scott Gessler
If obedience is not rendered in the homes, we shall never have a whole city, country, principality, or kingdom well governed. For this order in… — Martin Luther
Love is at the Center of our being, and the calm, continuous pulsations of life are governed by Love. — Ernest Holmes

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