Be good Quote by William Penn Download Open image “If men be good, government cannot be bad.” — William Penn ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Be good Government Liberty Men Politics Virtue
[There can be no] rational administration of government when good men are held in the same esteem as bad ones. — Polybius Copy Share Image
That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
I have not found a single good man in government; I have found good only in the people. — Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Copy Share Image
No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad ones the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a good government. There never was. There can't be. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be… — Fred Woodworth Copy Share Image
You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
[A]ll popular and well-mixed governments [republics] . . . are ever established by wise and good men, and can never be upheld otherwise than… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it. — William Penn Copy Share Image
Religion is the fear of God, and its demonstration good works; and faith is the root of both: For without faith we cannot please… — William Penn Copy Share Image
All excess is ill; but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is… — William Penn Copy Share Image
By liberty of conscience, we understand not only a mere liberty of the mind, in believing or disbelieving this or that principle or doctrine;… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general; for one link being wanting, the chain is defective. — William Penn Copy Share Image
We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice. — William Penn Copy Share Image
It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and of the… — William Penn Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Peace is the result of love, and if love were easy we'd all be good at it. — Colman McCarthy Copy Share Image
Therefore, I see whatever exists as good, death is to me like life, sin like holiness, wisdom like foolishness, everything has to be as… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Most of us want to live in harmony and peace and be good to others. Right now, however, the world is in a very… — Hany Abu-Assad Copy Share Image
I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly. — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
The producers felt that 24 would be good for the audience, to really get to know who these 12 and 12 are. — Paula Abdul Copy Share Image
All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. — Paul Arden Copy Share Image
There's such cultural rot taking place, such a disintegration throughout our culture. Values, morality, you name it. Standards have been relaxed, and people are… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The difference in being good at some thing and being great at something is usually found in the little things. — Randy Anderson Copy Share Image
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