Government Quote by Nigel Lawson

You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.

— Oriana Fallaci

Govern wisely, and as little as possible

— Sam Houston

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

— Michel de Montaigne

“You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.”

— James Madison

To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare remain incorrect?

— Confucius

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

— Seneca the Younger

The best way for someone to govern is to set an example.

— Antonis Samaras

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

— Charles de Gaulle

A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a family; he…

— Hugo Grotius

To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem.

— Honore Gabriel Riquet

For government consists in nothing else but so controlling subjects that they shall neither be able to, nor have cause to do [it] harm.

— Niccolo Machiavelli