Governs Quotes

144 quotes by 122 authors

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity… — Edmund Burke
I learned that the problems that we have are not solved by blaming somebody else, and that our hope is not in who governs us… — Kirk Cameron
Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a reason for not taking action himself, you see a cog… — John Jay Chapman
Consciousness conceives, governs, constructs, and becomes the activity of the body. — Deepak Chopra
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of… — Thomas Aquinas
Gentlemen, I have lived a long time and am convinced that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot fall to the… — Benjamin Franklin
In everything that moves through the universe, I see my own body, and in everything that governs the universe, my own soul. All men are… — Zhang Zai
Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we commend… — John Selden
In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have their revenge; if… — William Ralph Inge
Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the… — Fisher Ames
[I]t is truth alone-scientific, established, proved, and rational truth-which is capable of satisfying nowadays the awakened minds of all classes. We may still say perhaps,… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Science shows us truth and beauty and fills each day with a fresh wonder of the exquisite order which governs our world. — Polykarp Kusch
Government arrogates to itself that it alone forms men. Everybody knows that government never began anything. It is the whole world that thinks and governs. — Wendell Phillips
This king governs without decapitation or corporal punishments. Criminals are simply fined, lightly or heavily, according to the circumstances. Even in cases of repeated attempts… — Faxian
Government should be good for the liberty of the governed, and that is when it governs to the least possible degree. It should be good… — Augustin Thierry
Roughly speaking, I think it's accurate to say that a corporate elite of managers and owners governs the economy and the political system as well,… — Noam Chomsky
Who is fit to govern others? He who governs himself. You might as well have said: nobody. — Augustus William Hare
I have lived a long time, sir, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth - that God governs… — Benjamin Franklin
So it is naturally with the male and the female; the one is superior, the other inferior; the one governs, the other is governed; and… — Aristotle
Where is the hope? I meet millions who tell me that they feel demoralized by the decay around us. Where is the hope? The hope… — Steven Curtis Chapman

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