Controlled Quote by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised, seized, censured, commanded, by…

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

To be governed is, under pretext of public utility and in the name of the general interest, to be laid under contribution, drilled, fleeced,…

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

“To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded,…

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

“To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, censured, commanded… noted,…

— Anonymous

Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched…

— Barbara Jordan

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

— Honore Gabriel Riquet

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

— Seneca the Younger

“It follows then of course, that the things which are watched over and governed should be acquainted with their ruler”

— The Church Fathers

“I cannot be governed by what others seek.”

— Anonymous

Governing means governing all of the people, no matter what demographic it is, whether it'd be black, white, women, straight, gay, Republican.

— Don Lemon

The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well.

— Walter Lippmann

What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.

— Woodrow Wilson