Consequence Quote by George Washington

Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.

— Steven Pressfield

A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.

— Han Fei

“The people need a master only as long as they have no understanding of their own. The more it acquires understanding, the more the…

— Johann Herder

Ill fares the State where many masters rule; let one be lord, one king supreme.

— Homer

Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Let him leave the imperial court, who wishes to be virtuous. Virtue and absolute power cannot coexist.

— Lucan

Laws are not masters, but servants, and he rules them, who obeys them.

— Anonymous

In order to become the master, a ruler must profess to be a servant of the people.

— Ashwin Sanghi

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -The 5000 Year Leap

— Benjamin Franklin

He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.

— Philip Massinger

Every one regards his duty as a troublesome master from whom he would like to be free.

— Mazo de la Roche

This great republic is a mockery of freedom as long as you are doomed to dig and sweat to earn a miserable living while…

— Helen Keller