Best Rulers Qoutes
449 Rulers quotes by 318 unique authors
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Conscious of my own weakness, I can only seek fervently the guidance of the Ruler of the Universe, and, relying on His all-powerful aid, do…
— George B. McClellan
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Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great events in the world of…
— William Whewell
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When I was going into one of my first meditation retreats, I asked my father, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, for some advice. He said, "How you…
— Sakyong Mipham
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[T]he tax code has been piling up, year after year, a symbol of everything gone wrong in America, of arrogant rulers and lost freedom, just…
— Dick Armey
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If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So…
— Solon
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We do not want to create a situation like that which exists in South Africa, where the whites are the owners and rulers, and the…
— David Ben-Gurion
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Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered .
— Aristophanes
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The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are strong and self-reliant, and possessed of such…
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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When the leader is morally weak and his discipline not strict, when his instructions and guidance are not enlightened, when there are no consistent rules,…
— Sun Tzu
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By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.
— Confucius
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When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend.
— Saadi
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In my opinion, nothing has contributed so much to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist…
— George Orwell
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There are, however, some potentates I would kill by any and all means at my disposal. They are Ignorance, Superstition, and Bigotry — the most…
— Emma Goldman
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I ask you and all the leaders of the world: Would you act differently, would you keep silent and do nothing if you were in…
— Miriam Makeba
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In former times the chief method of justifying the use of violence and thereby infringing the law of love was by claiming a divine right…
— Leo Tolstoy
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Culture is not created by command. It creates itself, arising spontaneously from the necessities of men and their social cooperative activity. No ruler could ever…
— Rudolf Rocker
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Whatever may be, I am still largely the creator and ruler of my emotional destiny.
— Albert Ellis
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We supplicate all rulers not to remain deaf to the cry of mankind. Let them do everything in their power to save peace. By so…
— Pope John XXIII
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...is the spirit of the people an infallible, a permanent reliance? ...the spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt,…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Our tendency is to run from the painful realities or try to change them as soon as possible. But cure without care makes us into…
— Henri Nouwen
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You must drop all your democracy. You must not believe in ''the people.'' One class is no better than another. It must be a case…
— D. H. Lawrence
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The art of governing is a great metier, requiring the whole man, and it is therefore not well for a ruler to have too strong…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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To appear at church every Sunday; to look down upon, and let himself be looked at for an hour by the congregation, is the best…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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We owe subjection and obedience to all our kings, whether good or bad, alike, for that has respect unto their office; but as to esteem…
— Michel de Montaigne
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Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court.
— William Shakespeare
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