Govern Quotes
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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
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To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare to remain incorrect?
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I will govern according to the common weal, but not according to the common will.
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In a universe governed by God there are no chance events. Indeed, there is no such thing as chance. Chance does not exist. It is merely a word we use to describe mathematical possibilities. But chance itself has no power because it has no being. Chance is not an entity that can influence reality. Chance is not a thing. It is nothing.
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You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.
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For there are very few so foolish who would not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.
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It has been well said that 'he who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.' The two are not the same, but the good citizen ought to be capable of both; he should know how to govern like a freeman, and how to obey like a freeman - these are the virtues of a citizen.
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To rule is easy, to govern difficult.
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Solutions are complex, and I continue to worry that Trump didn't fully appreciate the complexity of what's going on. Consequently, I worry about whether he's going to make the problems a whole lot better... But I am a Republican, and we really should give the guy a chance to govern and hope he's successful.
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Humaneness and justice are the means by which to govern properly. When government is carried out properly, people feel close to the leadership and think little of dying for it.
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God doesn't need our consent in order to govern us; He made us.
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The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it.
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The ancient Masters didn't try to educate the people, but kindly taught them to not-know. When they think that they know the answers, people are difficult to guide. When they know that they don't know, people can find their own way. If you want to learn how to govern, avoid being clever or rich. The simplest pattern is the clearest. Content with an ordinary life, you can show all people the way back to their own true nature.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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What I do say is, that no man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent. I say this is the leading principle - the sheet anchor of American republicanism.
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No people are so easy to govern as the intelligent, and none are so hard to govern as the ignorant.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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He who regards the world as he does the fortune of his own body can govern the world. He who loves the world as he does his own body can be entrusted with the world.
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We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.
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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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He that is to govern a whole Nation , must read in himself, not this, or that particular man; but Mankind; which though it be hard to do, harder than to learn any Language, or Science; yet, when I shall have set down my own reading orderly, and perspicuously, the pains left another, will be only to consider, if he also find not the same in himself. For this kind of Doctrine, admitteth no other Demonstration.
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People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern.
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We have done almost everything in pairs since Noah, except govern. And the world has suffered for it.
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People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
