Men Quote by Confucius

The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man thinks of…

— Confucius

He who attempts to control another is a governor, an aggressor, an invader; and the nature of such invasion is not changed, whether it…

— Benjamin Tucker

Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.

— Oscar Wilde

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

— William Penn

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

— Confucius

“If he who has control of men ought not to control the laws, then he who controls the laws ought not control men: otherwise…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others.

— Theodore Roosevelt

“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.”

— Confucius

A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be…

— Confucius

“that men, thinking to better their condition, are always ready to change masters, and in this expectation will take up arms against any ruler;…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.

— Confucius

The superior man accords with the course of the Mean. Though he may be all unknown, unregarded by the world, he feels no regret…

— Confucius