"It is often said that men are ruled……" — Walter Bagehot
"It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations."
More Governed Quotes
- Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason. — Samuel Adams
- Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- The human race is governed by its imagination. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- In any society that is governed by the rule of law, some form of morality is always imposed. It's inescapable. — Kirk Cameron
- Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. — Dale Carnegie
- People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. — Nicolas Chamfort
- The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a… — B R Ambedkar
- Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off… — Stephen Ambrose
- Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants. — Benjamin Franklin
- Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. — Alexander Hamilton
- Take mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions. — Alexander Hamilton