Governing Quote by John Fletcher Download Open image “Tyranny is yielding to the lust of the governing.” — John Fletcher ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Governing Inspirational Love Lust Tyranny
“Tyranny is a form of perversion. We come to love it. Every government is a tyranny to a degree, and the more evil it… — Geoff Ryman Copy Share Image
All government, all exercise of power, no matter in what form, which is not based in love and directed by knowledge, is a tyranny. — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
Tyranny is usually tempered with assassination, and Democracy must be tempered with culture. In the absence of this, it turns into a representation of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Tyranny is tyranny, no matter what its form; the free man will resist it if his courage serves. — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is in large degree a reflection of the relative determination of the subjects to be… — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Drink today, and drown all sorrow; you shall perhaps not do tomorrow. — John Fletcher Copy Share Image
Care-charming Sleep, thou easer of all woes, brother to Death, sweetly thyself dispose. — John Fletcher Copy Share Image
Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly! There's naught in this life sweet But only… — John Fletcher Copy Share Image
Ask how to live? Write, write, write, anything; The world's a fine believing world, write news. — John Fletcher Copy Share Image
Then, everlasting Love , restrain thy will; 'Tis god -like to have power, but not to kill. — John Fletcher Copy Share Image
Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an immeasurable length: they spread Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence Hath infected some… — John Fletcher Copy Share Image
Drink to-day, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do 't to-morrow. — John Fletcher Copy Share Image
The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy; And 'tis the crown of justice, and the glory — John Fletcher Copy Share Image
The prediction of nuclear winter is drawn not, of course, from any direct experience with the consequences of global nuclear war, but rather from… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The US has developed two coordinate governing classes: the one, called 'business,' building cities, manufacturing and distributing goods, and holding complete and autocratic power… — Thurman Arnold Copy Share Image
It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
While receiving radiation treatment for a thyroid illness, I had refused to take beta-blockers - a medication that would have eased its side effects… — Gail Devers Copy Share Image
Plato long ago pointed out the importance of being governed by men with sufficient sense of responsibility and comprehension of public duties to be… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
For me, governing starts with people. It doesn't start with bureaucracy. It doesn't start with policy. It starts with people and what people need… — Betsy Hodges Copy Share Image
The EU Constitution is something new in human history. Though it is not as eloquent as the French and U.S. constitutions, it is the… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The attack on youth is a national pathology, unwarranted by fact, smokescreen for the failure of adulthood and its leadership to confront larger predicaments.… — Mike A. Males Copy Share Image
“If you do not have a moral question in your governing process, then you do not have a process that is going to survive.” — Oren Lyons Copy Share Image
[The current governing judicial philosophy is:] If you want something passionately enough, it is guaranteed by the Constitution. No need to fiddle around gathering… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
It is already clear that, because of advances in technology, drones are going to play an increased role in warfare in the years ahead.… — Douglas Alexander Copy Share Image