Governing Quotes

228 quotes by 197 authors

One of the great underlying principles governing our life is service. Most of us have to work, but do we serve? Do we work in… — Henry Thomas Hamblin
The root of masculine is stronger, and of feminine weaker. The sun is a governing planet to certain planets, while the moon borrows her light… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
They tell us that we live in a great free republic; that our institutions are democratic; that we are a free and self-governing people. That… — Eugene V. Debs
...We then examine a particular coding system in DNA and discover that UI [universal information] is conveyed within the genes. Using this DNA evidence and… — Werner Gitt
Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice? Let us rather call it injustice,… — Georges Bernanos
We are a nation in which freedom is alive in the squares and streets, in the daily work of the communications media, in the open… — Vicente Fox
Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be… — John Dean
Tariffs, government contracts, naval and military spending, nationalized industries, tax policy, social welfare, the legal privileging of labor unions were among the means at the… — Ralph Raico
Global climate change is real and we have a limited time to change our behavior or live with the consequences. We can all help by… — Kyra Sedgwick
Climate change is the biggest governing challenge we face. It's the biggest governing challenge I think we've ever faced. — Chris Hayes
As the innocent infant relies upon the mother for sustenance, so the innocent wanderer, following his native compassion and bliss, relies upon the natural intelligence… — Miyamoto Musashi
If democracy is justified in governing the state,then it must also be justified in governing economic enterprises, and to say that it is not justified… — Robert A. Dahl
Every vote for a governing office is an instrument for enslaving me. — M. E. Lazarus
We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it as a living organism. Land can be healthy or sick, fertile or barren, rich… — Paul Brooks
If no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capcity to govern someone else. — Ronald Reagan
The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of republican… — Alexander Hamilton
In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have… — Walter Lippmann
Conservative Party membership has almost halved since David Cameron become leader. The truth is the Tories are financially reliant on, and as a result are… — Len McCluskey
No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Opinion, whether well or ill-founded, is the governing principle of human affairs — Alexander Hamilton

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