Ruler Quotes

248 Ruler quotes by 197 unique authors

Moses is the keystone to every man's ethical code. He was the first man of record in history to conceive of the law as separate… — Charlton Heston
In actual fact the pacifistic-humane idea is perfectly all right perhaps when the highest type of man has previously conquered and subjected the world to… — Adolf Hitler
I deliberately disregarded the right angle and rationalist architecture designed with ruler and square to boldly enter the world of curves and straight lines offered… — Oscar Niemeyer
Ambition fortifies the will of man to become ruler over other men: it operates with deception, cajolery, and violence, it is the action of impurity… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power… — Edward Abbey
I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such momentous importance… — Benjamin Franklin
And what physicians say about disease is applicable here: that at the beginning a disease is easy to cure but difficult to diagnose; but as… — Niccolo Machiavelli
A country of a thousand war-chariots cannot be administered unless the ruler attends strictly to business, punctually observes his promises, is economical in expenditure, loves… — Confucius
It is because freedom means the renunciation of direct control of individual efforts that a free society can make use of so much more knowledge… — Friedrich August von Hayek
It is the obligation of the ruler to continually renew himself in order to renew the people by his example. — Confucius
They stood there, King of the Hill, Top of the Heap, Ruler of All They Surveyed, Unimpeachable Monarchs and Presidents, trying to understand what it… — Ray Bradbury
The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes, wants the saccharine… — Robert A. Heinlein
Is it not also true that no physician, in so far as he is a physician, considers or enjoins what is for the physician's interest,… — Plato
The worst of guardians is a cruel ruler. Beware of becoming one of them. — Muhammad
The best jihad is to speak a word of justice to an oppressive ruler. — Muhammad
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals. — Sallust
I plant daffodil bulbs about eight inches deep. As I mentioned before, I don't use a ruler. As a married woman, I know perfectly well… — Cassandra Danz
Authority is just and faithful in all matters of promise-keeping; it is also considerate, and that is why a good mother is the best home-ruler. — Charlotte Mason
I read in a newspaper that I was to be received with all the honors customarily rendered to a foreign ruler. I am grateful for… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Phronimos, possessing practical wisdom . But the only virtue special to a ruler is practical wisdom; all the others must be possessed, so it seems,… — Aristotle

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