Well Governed Quotes

15 quotes by 12 authors

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law. — Solon
A well governed people are generally a people who do not think much. — Andre Siegfried
Who can endure a doctrine which would allow only dentists to say whether our teeth were aching, only cobblers to say whether our shoes hurt… — C.S. Lewis
A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty — Seneca the Younger
Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, or if its laws be good or bad, examine the music it practices. — Confucius
If obedience is not rendered in the homes, we shall never have a whole city, country, principality, or kingdom well governed. For this order in… — Martin Luther
[N]o country can be well governed unless its citizens as a body keep religiously before their minds that they are the guardians of the law… — Mark Twain
A very populous city can rarely, if ever, be well governed. — Aristotle
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. — Confucius
In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will… — Confucius
In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing. — Anatole France
A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca
He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and… — Richard Hooker
Society is well governed when the people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law — Solon

Who Wrote These Well Governed Quotes

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