Governing Quotes

228 quotes by 192 authors

[A] new generation, innocent of the divisions of the Cold War, this coming-of-age. ... If its members do not feel the urgency to escape the… — Jonathan Schell
We need merely understand that the evolutionary process is neither random nor determined but creative. It follows the general pattern of all creativity. While there… — Thomas Berry
A true world outlook is incompatible with a foreign imperialism, no matter how high-minded the governing country. — Wendell Willkie
If proper in their own conduct, what difficulty would they have in governing? But if not able to be proper in their own conduct, how… — Confucius
All human professions, institutions, and activities must be integral with the earth as the primary self-nourishing , self-governing and self-fulfilling community. To integrate our human… — Thomas Berry
And now let me give the sentiment which has been, and ever will be, the governing passion of my soul: 'Liberty for each, for all,… — William Lloyd Garrison
The history of atomism is one of reductionism â€“ the effort to reduce all the operations of nature to a small number of laws governing… — Leon M. Lederman
Three of the ten principles governing the City of Joy are (a) tell the truth, (b) stop waiting to be rescued, and (c) give away… — Eve Ensler
If you don't have a moral question governing your society, then you don't have a society that is going to survive. — Oren Lyons
In the visual arts, for example, the semiological approach to graphics provides a rigorous analysis of the visual means used by the artist. It defines… — Jacques Bertin
Whoever relies on the Tao in governing men doesn't try to force issues or defeat enemies by force of arms. For every force there is… — Laozi
Though, when a people shall have become incapable of governing themselves and fit for a master, it is of little consequence from what quarter he… — George Washington
More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life... — Barbara Tuchman
He was uniformly of an opinion which, though not a popular one, he was ready to aver, that the right of governing was not property,… — Charles James Fox
I think it's time for the Prime Minister to stop making excuses and to start governing. — Tony Abbott
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
What a triumph for the advocates of despotism to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves, and that systems founded on the basis of… — George Washington
Our country will need real leadership to undo President Obama's failed policies, and replace them with the conservative principles Mitt Romney learned turning around businesses… — Nikki Haley
The US has developed two coordinate governing classes: the one, called 'business,' building cities, manufacturing and distributing goods, and holding complete and autocratic power over… — Thurman Arnold
Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and flow… — Wojciech Kurtyka

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