Able Quote by Confucius

If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them…

— Confucius

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

— Lech Walesa

“What is governing to a man that can rule himself? If he cannot rule himself, how shall he rule others?”

— Confucius

“When people in authority want the rest of us to behave, it matters - first and foremost - how they behave. This is called…

— Malcolm Gladwell

“The people are difficult to govern because of the (excessive) agency of their superiors (in governing them).”

— Lao Tzu

People have the most control over their affairs at the grass-roots level. Anything that can be fairly and efficiently handled at a grass-roots level…

— Peace Pilgrim

The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just.

— Thomas Jefferson

Arbitrary rule has its basis, not in the strength of the state or the chief, but in the moral weakness of the individual, who…

— Friedrich Ratzel

“Roles appear as soon as a common stock of knowledge containing reciprocal typifications of conduct is in process of formation, a process that, as…

— Peter L. Berger

“A leader is responsible for those under his authority. That is the first rule of command. He is responsible for their safety, their provisions,…

— Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn

By nature, every individual has the right to govern himself; and governments, whether founded on majorities or minorities, must derive their right from the…

— John C. Calhoun

Perhaps even more than constituted authority, it is social uniformity and sameness that harass the individual most.

— Emma Goldman