Governing Quotes

228 Governing quotes by 192 unique authors

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
It seems to me that, as it is usually presented, the current orthodoxy about the cosmic order is the product of governing assumptions that are… — Thomas Nagel
There are considerable mysteries surrounding the strange values that Nature's actual particles have for their mass and charge. For example, there is the unexplained 'fine… — Roger Penrose
Occam's razor suggests that, if some event is physically plausible, we don't need recourse to more extraordinary claims for its being. Surely the requirement of… — Lawrence M. Krauss
There's probably more history now preserved underwater than in all the museums of the world combined. And there's no law governing that history. It's finders… — Robert Ballard
The real art of governing consists, so far as possible, in doing nothing. — Laozi
If there is any law governing the distribution of income between classes, it still remains to be discovered. — Joan Robinson
Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard. — Genghis Khan
O world, world when I was younger I thought there was some order governing you and your deeds. But now you seem to be a… — Fernando de Rojas
An axiomatic system comprises axioms and theorems and requires a certain amount of hand-eye coordination before it works. A formal system comprises an explicit list… — David Berlinski
The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes. — William Greider
Accountability is the essence of democracy. If people do not know what their government is doing, they cannot be truly self-governing. The national security state… — Garry Wills
You must begin to live in harmony with the laws governing the universe. — Wallace D. Wattles
We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our constitutional health, and we're surrendering it all at the same… — Paul Hawken
However much we talk of the inexorable laws governing the life of individuals and of societies, we remain at the bottom convinced that in human… — Eric Hoffer
Headteachers and governing bodies run schools and that won't change. — Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley

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