Politics Quote by Graham Cooke

There is no greatness apart from self control. Development that does not include self government will only guarantee our mediocrity.

— Graham Cooke

“TO ACHIEVE ANYTHING WE NEED GREAT SELF-CONTROL. IF WE HAVE CONTROL OVER OURSELVES THEN THE WORLD WILL BE AT OUR FEET”

— M.Lakshmi Durga

“There never has been and cannot be a good life without self-control. Apart from self-control no good life is imaginable.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“Self Government by extravagance and incompetence brings its own end.”

— Will Durant

“Governments must be made for human beings as they are, or as they are capable of speedily becoming.”

— John Stuart Mill

“When individuals and communities do not govern self, they risk being ruled by external forces that care less about the well-being of the village.”

— T.F. Hodge

“I am not in favor of having government do anything that private citizens can do as good or better”

— William Howard Taft

“Beware of precise plans by government. Let government predict: it makes them feel better about themselves and justifies their existence.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Restraint, however, is the essence of modern governance. A government’s self-control permits its people to create, explore, and discover, and that’s what allows a…

— Gordon G. Chang

“A free society is most threatened not by uses of government that are obviously bad, but by uses of government that seem obviously good.”

— Charles Murray

“The human being is sovereign and should always be in control of everything the person does, and not be controlled by it.”

— Sienna McQuillen

“The care of human life and happiness, and their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of a good government.”

— Thomas Jefferson