Arbitrary Quote by William Blake

“I know that we think far otherwise, and hold them most part wise men that are in authority, princes, magistrates,{185} rich men, they are…

— Robert Burton

“But so long as power remains by itself on one side, and enlightenment and wisdom isolated on the other, wise men will rarely think…

— Jean Jacques Rousseau

Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern out Their…

— Ben Jonson

For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.…

— John Calvin

“And how are such wars to be waged? The wise prince will begin by assuming the enemy to be infinitely corruptible and infinitely stupid,…

— Arthur Machen

Where princes are concerned, a man who is able to do good is as dangerous and almost as criminal as a man who intends…

— Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

In the first place, most princes apply themselves to the arts of war, in which I have neither ability nor interest, instead of to…

— Thomas More

In respect to foresight and firmness, the people are more prudent, more stable, and have better judgement than princes.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a…

— Anonymous

It seems that the inevitable fate of man is never attain complete freedom: princes everywhere tend to despotism and the people to servitude.

— Jean-Paul Marat

A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.

— Maimonides

Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not.…

— Joseph de Maistre