Government Quote by James Monroe

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

— Giambattista Vico

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Men's weaknesses are often necessary to the purposes of life.

— Maurice Maeterlinck

It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to…

— Alexander Hamilton

Governments show thus how successfully men can be imposed on, even impose on themselves, for their own advantage.

— Henry David Thoreau

That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which…

— Henry David Thoreau

Men have desired to gain knowledge and then power so that they can accomplish their goals of conquest, control, and manipulation.

— Anonymous

All men are capable of reason. That is the fundamental principle of democracy Because everybody's mind is capable of true knowledge, you don't have…

— Joseph Campbell

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are…

— Benjamin Disraeli

The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.

— Sallust