Action Quote by Seneca the Younger

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?

— Francois Rabelais

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

By nature, every individual has the right to govern himself; and governments, whether founded on majorities or minorities, must derive their right from the…

— John C. Calhoun

There is an inherent tendency in all governmental power to recognize no restraints on its operation and to extend the sphere of its dominion…

— Ludwig von Mises

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Governments must be conformable to the nature of the governed; governments are even a result of that nature.

— Giambattista Vico

If no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capcity to govern someone else.

— Ronald Reagan

“What is governing to a man that can rule himself? If he cannot rule himself, how shall he rule others?”

— Confucius

It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.

— Svetlana Alliluyeva

It is equally clear that a government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a government. Moreover,…

— Calvin Coolidge

Govern wisely, and as little as possible

— Sam Houston

It takes very little to govern good people. Very little. And bad people cant be governed at all. Or if they could I never…

— Cormac McCarthy