Accord Quote by Ludwig von Mises

How can a thing possibly govern others when it cannot be governed itself?

— Seneca the Younger

We're not trying to take power away or rule anybody - we're just trying to get up from under the rulers.

— Muhammad Ali

Rulers do not like to admit that their power is restricted by any laws other than those of physics and biology. They never ascribe…

— Ludwig von Mises

Rulers who destroy men's freedom commonly begin by trying to retain its forms. ... They cherish the illusion that they can combine the prerogatives…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The preservation of a free government requires not merely that the metes and bounds which separate each department of power be invariably maintained; but…

— James Madison

Power without authority is tyranny.

— Jacques Maritain

The art of governing is a great metier, requiring the whole man, and it is therefore not well for a ruler to have too…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The ruler who possesses methods of government does not follow the good that happens by chance but practices according to necessary principles. Law, methods,…

— Han Fei

“One can see [...] that the so-called governing powers are cardboard characters that mask the true ruling factors of our culture. Of course, those…

— Peter Moon

The source of the government's authority is “the consent of the governed.” This means that the government is not the ruler, but the servant…

— Ayn Rand

We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.

— James Hilton

A government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a government. Moreover, the individual must be independent…

— Calvin Coolidge