Capable Quote by Catherine the Great

A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel.

— Frank Herbert

“And the good ruler is precisely the one who exercises his power as it ought to be exercised, that is, simultaneously exercising his power…

— Michel Foucault

Rulers exist entirely through the persons of others. Their goal is in their subjects, in the activity of enslaving. They are as dependent as…

— Ayn Rand

The ruler who possesses methods of government does not follow the good that happens by chance but practices according to necessary principles. Law, methods,…

— Han Fei

A wise ruler, when he makes his laws, is bound to find himself in conflict with the world.

— Han Fei

A wise ruler should rely on what is under his own control, not on what is under the control of others.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people.

— Anonymous

The most immodest rulers are those who attribute their faults and insufficiencies to their people!

— Great Orod

The secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with a power to learn from past mistakes.

— George Orwell

Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules man; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he does not…

— Agathon

The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.

— Laozi

It would not be difficult to be a better ruler than I was: for I admit that I ruled badly; and even if I…

— Christina, Queen of Sweden