Governed Quotes

422 Governed quotes by 322 unique authors

A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail. — Jean de la Bruyere
An Army is still a crowd, though a highly organized one. It is governed by the same laws, and under the stress of war is… — J F C Fuller
Leadership, in short, is power governed by principle, directed toward raising people to their highest levels of personal motive and social morality, — James MacGregor Burns
It is an irony of medical history that even as Freud's later work would make him the progenitor of modern psychodynamic psychotherapy, which is generally… — Scott Stossel
Every age that has historical status is governed by aristocracies.Aristocracy with the meaning - the best are ruling.Peoples do never govern themselves. That lunacy was… — Joseph Goebbels
I was told, continued Egremont, that an impassable gulf divided the Rich from the Poor; I was told that the Privileged and the People formed… — Benjamin Disraeli
The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well. — Walter Lippmann
The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires. — Aristotle
A very populous city can rarely, if ever, be well governed. — Aristotle
There is the work of great men and there is the work of little men. Therefore it is said, 'Some labor with their minds and… — Mencius
It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed. — Henry Ward Beecher
The world cannot be governed without juggling. — John Selden
Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class privilege of the wage earner, a mass state of mind… — Gunter Grass
When man, governed by reasonable laws, enjoys his natural freedom, let him despise woman, if she do not share it with him. — Mary Wollstonecraft
The human mind is not meant to be governed, certainly not by any book of rules yet written; it is supposed to run itself, and… — Lewis Thomas
Every premeditated murder is always governed by a preparatory ceremonial and is always followed by a propitiatory ceremonial. The meaning of both eludes the murderers… — Jean Genet
Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity… — Paul Tsongas
The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation. — Angela Carter
Modem science, then, maintains on the one hand that nature, both organic and inorganic, strives towards a state of order and that man's actions are… — Rudolf Arnheim
I think everything should be governed by law. We don't want to keep secrets anymore. — Nong ?uc Manh
And it is undeniably true that the greatest and most important right of a British subject is that he shall be governed by no laws… — Joseph Warren
In fact, I think that Governor Clinton, when he was running, and President Clinton, when he was serving, actually governed with a wide range of… — John Podesta
Arafat's whole life has been governed by struggle and a cause. Everything he has done as leader of the Palestinians is to always leave his… — Dennis A. Ross
Voters will decide how they want to be governed. — Evangelos Venizelos
In all things and in all ways, choice impacts virtually every element of our life. It bears repeating that even those things which seem out… — Mary Anne Radmacher

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