Governing Quotes

228 quotes by 192 authors

Instead of the function of governing, for which it is radically unfit, the proper office of a representative assembly is to watch and control the… — John Stuart Mill
The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and executive power in the Church is in the brotherhood; and secondly, that… — Charles Hodge
It is a thoroughly anti-Christian doctrine that the Spirit of God, and therefore the life and governing power of the Church, resides in the ministry,… — Charles Hodge
Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking. Center your country in the Tao and evil… — Laozi
Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish. — Laozi
The attack on youth is a national pathology, unwarranted by fact, smokescreen for the failure of adulthood and its leadership to confront larger predicaments. No… — Unknown Author
In taking stock of a politician, the first question is not whether he was a good man who used righteous means, but whether he was… — Frederick Scott Oliver
Whoever would not remain in complete ignorance of the resources which cause him to act; whoever would seize, at a single philosophical glance, the nature… — Franz Joseph Gall
I fully agree with all that you say on the advantages of Spencer's excellent expression of 'the survival of the fittest.' This, however, had not… — Charles Darwin
The Crown Prince has said he needs to broaden political participation in the governing of Saudi Arabia. — Frank Carlucci
We are the planet, fully as much as water, earth, fire and air are the planet, and if the planet survives, it will only be… — Russell Banks
Do we really think that a government-dominated education is going to produce citizens capable of dominating their government, as the education of a truly vigilant… — Alan Keyes
As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day - like access to school spending,… — Bill Richardson
In the first place, most princes apply themselves to the arts of war, in which I have neither ability nor interest, instead of to the… — Thomas More
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe… — Ronald Reagan
Wherever you go in the galaxy, you can find a food business, a house-building business, a war business, a peace business, a governing business, and… — Robert Sheckley
Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to. — Marcus Aurelius
Independence, the freedom of a self-governing nation, is in my estimation the highest political good, for which any disadvantage, if need be, and any sacrifice… — Enoch Powell
It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing this… — Dmitri Mendeleev
I knew that the moment the great governing spirit strikes the blow to divide all humanity into just two opposing factions, I would be on… — Che Guevara

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