Their Ruler Quotes
- It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make itself their ruler.… — Laozi
- The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler. — Confucius
- PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of Pharaoh the Immune.… — Ambrose Bierce
- The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings; and edicts are of less power than the life of their ruler. — Claudius Claudianus