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• Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
• A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
• He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
• History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. — Ambrose Bierce
• The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people. — James Bovard
• The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell. — George W. Bush
• The cliché organizes life; it expropriates people's identity; it becomes ruler, defense lawyer, judge, and the law. — Vaclav Havel
• I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth, a nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that… — Bernard Moitessier
• If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not… — Sun Tzu
• Hence the saying: The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead; the good general cultivates his resources. — Sun Tzu
• No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out… — Sun Tzu
• There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to… — Sun Tzu

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