Friendship Quote by Samuel Johnson

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

— Thomas Jefferson

An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote the permanent…

— Orson Pratt

The leaders should all relate to this principle: the governed must be as happy as possible.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There is great joy in leading with authority, which is serving others by meeting their legitimate needs.

— James Hunter

I have a cause higher and nobler than my own, a cause to which all private interests and concerns must be subordinated.

— Leila Khaled

“in a thousand ways people combine not just in circles of friendship but in formal associations, willingly adopting and submitting to rules and procedures…

— Roger Scruton

The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good…

— Arthur Capper

How easy it is to govern when one follows a system of consulting the will of the people and one holds as the only…

— Che Guevara

“In the democratic, egalitarian spirit of our day, we hold in suspicion positions of social authority, yet we submit to the power of peers.…

— Mark Sayers

How nations and races of men are to be so governed as may be most conducive to the improvement and happiness of all is…

— William Godwin

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

Again, in our enterprises we present the singular spectacle of daring and deliberation, each carried to its highest point, and both united in the…

— Thucydides