Exception Quote by Victor Cousin

You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.

— Victor Kiam

There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.

— Henry Ward Beecher

To govern was to serve, not to rule.

— Seneca the Younger

No man can choose to serve only himself when he has something to offer his state. No one can put his own wishes above…

— Megan Whalen Turner

Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others.

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.

— Oliver Cromwell

With words we govern men.

— Benjamin Disraeli

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

— Thomas Jefferson

The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule.

— John Brown

If you cannot serve, you cannot rule

— Bulgarian Proverb

Men are especially intolerant of serving and being ruled by, their equals.

— Baruch Spinoza