Quotes about Govern

Don't be pushed by your problems, be led by your dreams. Govern your life by priorities not your pressures. Votes: 4

Govern wisely, and as little as possible Votes: 3

Govern your tongue before all other things, following the gods. Votes: 3

Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in subjection. Votes: 3

Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin surprise thee, and her black attendant Death. Votes: 3

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it. Votes: 3

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it. Votes: 3

The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses. Votes: 3

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand. Votes: 3

Govern thy life and thy thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other. Votes: 3

Governments ... should not force and govern belief, which is a matter for the heart and conscience not for temporal authorities. Votes: 3

The government have only a small majority in the House of Commons. I want to make it quite clear that this will not affect our ability to govern. Having been charged with the duties of Government we intend to carry out those duties. Votes: 3

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it. Votes: 2

It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions. Votes: 2

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern. Votes: 2

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent. Votes: 2

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office. Votes: 2

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese? Votes: 2

Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing. Votes: 2

To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern. Votes: 2

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men. Votes: 2

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. Votes: 2

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. Votes: 2

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live. Votes: 2

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. Votes: 2

You can't have an industrial revolution, you can't have democracies, you can't have populations who can govern themselves until you have literacy. The printing press simply unlocked literacy. Votes: 2

Mobile communications and pervasive computing technologies, together with social contracts that were never possible before, are already beginning to change the way people meet, mate, work, war, buy, sell, govern and create. Votes: 2

I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came. Votes: 2

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage. Votes: 2

There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings. Votes: 2

If we weren't born with anti-social passions - narcissism, envy, lust, meanness, greed, hunger for power, just to name the more obvious - why the need for so many laws, whether religious or secular, that govern behavior? Votes: 2

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings. Votes: 2

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. Votes: 2

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. Votes: 2

The task of the media in a democracy is not to ease the path of those who govern, but to make life difficult for them by constant vigilance as to how they exercise the power they only hold in trust from the people. Votes: 2

I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open? Votes: 2

Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less in common with the lone wolf patriot standing up to dystopic forces of oppression - a myth - and more in common with the disease known as cancer - a harsh reality. Votes: 2

When a party is in opposition, it opposes. That's its job. But when it comes to power, it must govern. Easy rhetoric is over, the press of reality becomes irresistible. By necessity, it adopts some of the policies it had once denounced. And a new national consensus is born. Votes: 2

There is no liberty to men whose passions are stronger than their religious feelings; there is no liberty to men in whom ignorance predominates over knowledge; there is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves. Votes: 1

Names govern the world. Votes: 0

Let reason govern desire. Votes: 0

Syllables govern the world. Votes: 0

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance. Votes: 0

One cannot govern with 'buts'. Votes: 0

The dead govern the living. Votes: 0

With words we govern men. Votes: 0

Here sir, the people govern. Votes: 0

Peace and quiet govern the world. Votes: 0

Fortune and humor govern the world. Votes: 0

Every class is unfit to govern. Votes: 0

Don't let fear govern your decision. Votes: 0

Grammar, which can govern even Kings. Votes: 0

Pen, wax and parchment govern the world. Votes: 0

Conscience reigns but it does not govern. Votes: 0

Those that govern most make least noise. Votes: 0

All power corrupts but some must govern. Votes: 0

Those who think govern those who labor. Votes: 0

Riches either serve or govern the possessor. Votes: 0

We govern what the public think about. Votes: 0

To rule is easy, to govern difficult. Votes: 0

While values drive behaviors, principles govern consequences. Votes: 0

The king reigns but does not govern. Votes: 0

The king reigns but does not govern. Votes: 0

The deliberative sense of the community should govern. Votes: 0

Republicans campaign like Libertarians and govern like Democrats. Votes: 0

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages. Votes: 0

Show is not substance; realities govern wise men. Votes: 0

To govern mankind, one must not overrate them. Votes: 0

To govern means to pillage, as everyone knows. Votes: 0

Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents. Votes: 0

You can only govern men by serving them. Votes: 0

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. Votes: 0

To govern was to serve, not to rule. Votes: 0

The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong. Votes: 0

Those who think must govern those that toil. Votes: 0

I'm concerned about how Hillary Clinton's going to govern. Votes: 0

I teach them correct principles and they govern themselves. Votes: 0

Eternal principles that govern happiness apply equally to all. Votes: 0

You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus. Votes: 0

Those who own the country ought to govern it. Votes: 0

You may own a cat, but cannot govern one. Votes: 0

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself. Votes: 0

Ideas govern the world, or throw it into chaos. Votes: 0

A community is like the ones who govern it. Votes: 0

Great faith overcomes laws of nature that govern physical world. Votes: 0

An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern. Votes: 0

A minority government can't govern without support from other parties. Votes: 0

You can't govern without loving the people and without humility! Votes: 0

My plan is to govern as long as I can. Votes: 0

America is a land where men govern, but women rule. Votes: 0

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind. Votes: 0

Every cook has to learn how to govern the state. Votes: 0

The laws of animality govern almost the whole of history. Votes: 0

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself? Votes: 0

I would with such perfection govern, sir, T'excel the golden age. Votes: 0

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves. Votes: 0

People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge. Votes: 0

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false. Votes: 0

Our nonverbals govern how other people think and feel about us. Votes: 0

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese? Votes: 0

Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself. Votes: 0

Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting, the government cannot govern. Votes: 0

You don't govern men who don't have religion, you shoot them. Votes: 0

If you are called upon to govern humans, treat them humanely. Votes: 0

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed. Votes: 0

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self Votes: 0

If a person doesn't govern his temper, his temper will govern him. Votes: 0

Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them. Votes: 0

For those who govern, the first thing required is indifference to newspapers. Votes: 0

Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason. Votes: 0

How can tyrants safely govern home, Unless abroad they purchase great alliance. Votes: 0

He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself. Votes: 0

I think we are realising that governments can't govern us any more. Votes: 0

Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose. Votes: 0

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives. Votes: 0

The gospel is meant to control and govern everything in our lives. Votes: 0

O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth. Votes: 0

The best way for someone to govern is to set an example. Votes: 0

Its so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern. Votes: 0

One man may as easily destroy, as govern: be King or Anti-King. Votes: 0

No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent. Votes: 0

Custom, madam, is the law of fools, but it shall never govern me. Votes: 0

Alexander esteemed it more kingly to govern himself than to conquer his enemies. Votes: 0

Given a fair chance, human beings can govern themselves, and govern themselves better Votes: 0

Language and accents govern so much of how people think about other people. Votes: 0

It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions. Votes: 0

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves. Votes: 0

How can a thing possibly govern others when it cannot be governed itself? Votes: 0

Some women govern their husbands without degrading themselves, because intellect will always govern. Votes: 0

Once you the forces that govern behavior,it's harder to blame the behaver Votes: 0

God doesn't need our consent in order to govern us; He made us. Votes: 0

There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves. Votes: 0

Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself. Votes: 0

One man and a dozen fools would govern better than one man alone. Votes: 0

We will make it so that a Democrat cannot govern as a Democrat. Votes: 0

A mercantile democracy may govern long and widely; a mercantile aristocracy cannot stand. Votes: 0

You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception. Votes: 0

Don't let people who live in fear and hate govern how you live. Votes: 0

Because of racism, he can't govern effectively' is not a great argument for re-election. Votes: 0

Money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws which govern its acquisition. Votes: 0

Through it [literature] we know the past, govern the present, and influence the future. Votes: 0

Presidents have to be very organized to govern successfully, and solo artists rarely succeed. Votes: 0

Our view is that individuals and families can govern their lives better than bureaucrats. Votes: 0

A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Votes: 0

We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much. Votes: 0

There are many whose tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues. Votes: 0

It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. Votes: 0

The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule. Votes: 0

It is not true that it is hard to govern Italy. It is useless. Votes: 0

The best system is to have one party govern and the other party watch. Votes: 0

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed. Votes: 0

I will govern according to the common weal, but not according to the common will Votes: 0

Politics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology. Votes: 0

The capitalist class rules but does not govern: it contents itself with ruling the government. Votes: 0

Obama and his associates are fantastic campaigners but have little ability or skill to govern. Votes: 0

There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues. Votes: 0

You govern your surroundings by the nature of what is taking place in your consciousness. Votes: 0

A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian. Votes: 0

[Women] are early taught that to appear to yield is the only way to govern. Votes: 0

Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them. Votes: 0

No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler. Votes: 0

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife. Votes: 0

Love, work and knowledge are the well-springs of our life. They should also govern it. Votes: 0

It is God alone who can subdue and govern the unruly wills of sinful men. Votes: 0

When a man marries, it's proof he can't govern his life. He needs a governess Votes: 0

The sovereigns of the Internet are acting like they have a divine right to govern. Votes: 0

Do not allow the Church or State to govern your thought or dictate your judgment Votes: 0

We don't have to expect everything from those who govern us; that would be juvenile. Votes: 0

Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world. Votes: 0

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed. Votes: 0

The art of those who govern consists above all in the science of employing words. Votes: 0

I will govern according to the common weal, but not according to the common will. Votes: 0

Seeing John Major govern the country is like watching Edward Scissorhands try to make balloon animals. Votes: 0

Let not the world see fear and sad distrust govern the motion of a kingly eye. Votes: 0

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others? Votes: 0

... the actual and physical conduct of an experiment must govern the statistical procedure of its interpretation. Votes: 0

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those that think must govern those that toil. Votes: 0

Only by working within the laws that govern the flow of water will happiness be achieved. Votes: 0

The great thing is not having a mind. Feelings: oh, I have those; they govern me. Votes: 0

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern. Votes: 0

Obama is a statist. He's an authoritarian. He doesn't want to govern; he wants to rule. Votes: 0

What we need in Washington now is a strong Republican president who knows how to govern. Votes: 0

...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime. Votes: 0

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father. Votes: 0

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others. Votes: 0

To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem. Votes: 0

The penny-papers of New York do more to govern this country than the White House at Washington. Votes: 0

I believe that people whose skins aren't necessarily -- are a different color than white can self-govern. Votes: 0

Simple the life, simpler will be your instincts, the laws that govern universe will obey your simplicity. Votes: 0

Everything we do in public policy prevents us from doing something else. To govern is to choose. Votes: 0

Who is fit to govern others? He who governs himself. You might as well have said: nobody. Votes: 0

It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern. Votes: 0

Religions are manipulated in order to serve those who govern society and not the other way around. Votes: 0

The First Amendment is about how we govern ourselves - not about how we titillate ourselves sexually. Votes: 0

Harmony exists no less in difference than in likeness, if only the same key-note govern both parts. Votes: 0

I believe the states can best govern our home concerns and the federal government our foreign ones. Votes: 0

The bones of the Dead will be seen to govern the fortunes of him who moves them. Votes: 0

Mankind's ability to understand and control the forces of nature greatly exceeds our ability to govern ourselves Votes: 0

Any person who wants to govern the world is by definition the wrong person to do it. Votes: 0

To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God's. Votes: 0

If Trump is going to govern in a fascist way, then we need to make America ungovernable. Votes: 0

If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else? Votes: 0

Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world. Votes: 0

In Parliament we debate on and we decide the laws that are going to govern the country. Votes: 0

Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself. Votes: 0

Today, a politician does not just need public support to win elections; he needs it to govern. Votes: 0

'Tis virtue, and not birth that makes us noble: Great actions speak great minds, and such should govern. Votes: 0

Education makes a people easy to lead but difficult to drive easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. Votes: 0

The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you. Votes: 0

Those who govern must see how the people react to administration. Ultimately, the people are the final arbiters. Votes: 0

There are very few so foolish that they had not rather govern themselves than be governed by others. Votes: 0

Goose [pen] bee [wax] and calf [parchment] govern the world. [Lat., Anser, apie, vitellus, populus et regna gubernant.] Votes: 0

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words. Votes: 0

Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern. Votes: 0

We have done almost everything in pairs since Noah, except govern. And the world has suffered for it. Votes: 0

Before, Europe was about treaties, laws and our sovereign right to govern ourselves. Now, it's about everyday lives. Votes: 0

Why is taste, the crudest of our senses, exempted from the ethical rules that govern our other senses? Votes: 0

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. Votes: 0

If we have only one that can govern, and we chose him... does that mean we're not democratic? Votes: 0

Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books. Votes: 0

The graceful tear that streams for others' Man is the weeping animal born to govern all the rest. Votes: 0

It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families. Votes: 0

To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare remain incorrect? Votes: 0

I have heard that one can conquer the empire on horseback, but one cannot govern it on horseback. Votes: 0

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern Votes: 0

If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount. Votes: 0

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them. Votes: 0

It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else Votes: 0

He who would govern his actions by the laws of virtue must regulate his thoughts by those of reason. Votes: 0

You cannot govern the creative impulse; all you can do is eliminate obstacles and smooth the way for it. Votes: 0

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left can't govern without ideas. Votes: 0

People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern. Votes: 0

Physics is essentially an intuitive and concrete science. Mathematics is only a means for expressing the laws that govern phenomena. Votes: 0

We want to govern with our indigenous ancestors' models: That means a different concept of participation, community work and honesty... Votes: 0

Do you know what happens with people who cannot govern themselves? That's right. Others come in to govern for them. Votes: 0

Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others. Votes: 0

A government may only govern so long as the people, through their representatives, vote it the money to carry on. Votes: 0

Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy. Votes: 0

When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much. Votes: 0

When you govern a country, and especially a country so vast and complex as India, you never arrive at anything. Votes: 0

the unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives. Votes: 0

The score must govern the music. It must have authority, and not merely be an arbitrary jumping-off point for improvisation. Votes: 0

It's a product of the fractal laws that govern the world at an informational level. There is no deeper truth. Votes: 0

Everyone has values; even criminal gangs have values. Values govern people's behavior but principles govern the consequences of those behaviors. Votes: 0

No people are so easy to govern as the intelligent, and none are so hard to govern as the ignorant. Votes: 0

One is that President Clinton, in his first two years of his term, did not govern as he had campaigned. Votes: 0

It costs ten times more to govern us than it used to, and we are not governed one-tenth as good. Votes: 0

Fairness, does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young. ~ The blue man Votes: 0

You govern people, you do good and bad things.If you don't have guts to do bad, then step aside. Votes: 0

If the individual has a right to govern himself, all external government is tyranny. Hence the necessity of abolishing the State. Votes: 0

God is dead not because He doesn't exist, but because we live, play, procreate, govern, and die as though He doesn't. Votes: 0

If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men. Votes: 0

As the mind must govern the hands, so in every society the man of intelligence must direct the man of labor. Votes: 0

Men are ruled, at this minute by the clock, by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. Votes: 0

To talk of luck and chance only shows how little we really know of the laws which govern cause and effect. Votes: 0

Who of us knows or can by possibility arrive at a knowledge of the laws that govern our property and lives? Votes: 0

There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alternate at regular intervals. Votes: 0

The bishops will govern the Church, the priests will do all the work and the deacons will have all the fun. Votes: 0

A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail. Votes: 0

In order that a people may be free, it is necessary that the governed be sages, and those who govern, gods. Votes: 0

The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible. Votes: 0

Woman, I tell you, is a microcosm; and rightly to rule her, requires as great talents as to govern a state. Votes: 0

If no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capcity to govern someone else. Votes: 0

The law is not abstract, impartially arbitrating between conflicting social classes; it is a tool in the hands of those who govern. Votes: 0

To manipulate the immune system, you need to find the key bottlenecks that govern the system. The T-cell is an absolute bottleneck. Votes: 0

The administration still wants to govern from the far-left and that's going to produce kind a partisan result here in the Congress. Votes: 0

Laws of nature have no physical properties of mass /energy. They are platonic truths in transcendent realm that create & govern the Universe. Votes: 0

Hags live. Women traveling into feminist time/space are creating Hag-ocracy, the place we govern. To govern is to steer, to pilot. Votes: 0

Our founders insisted that protecting the states' power to govern themselves was vital to limit the power of Washington and preserve freedom. Votes: 0

Should Christians govern and are Christians the only ones who are truly qualified to govern, and the answer is, of course, Yes. Votes: 0

To serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there, and to live under her commands is more than to govern. Votes: 0

Every law of matter or the body, supposed to govern man,is rendered null and void by the law of Life, God. Votes: 0

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me. Votes: 0

Since I cannot govern my own tongue, though within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongue of others? Votes: 0

Paul LePage has become a terrible embarrassment to the state I live in and love. If he won't govern, he should resign. Votes: 0

The extent to which we take everyday objects for granted is the precise extent to which they govern and inform our lives. Votes: 0

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment. Votes: 0

But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen, it governs me, I govern not it. Votes: 0

I very much believe in values-based leadership and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent values. Votes: 0

The inhibitor of creativity isn't potential it's fear. We worry about saying the wrong thing or looking foolish so we govern our imagination. Votes: 0

Do not become archivists of facts. Try to penetrate to the secret of their occurrence, persistently search for the laws which govern them. Votes: 0

What! Have you no monks to teach, to dispute, to govern, to intrigue and to burn people who do not agree with them? Votes: 0

The people have spoken. Their decision is sovereign. We all respect it... I wish good luck to those who will now govern France. Votes: 0

Be known for pleasing others, especially if you govern them. Ruling other has one advantage: you can do more good than anyone else. Votes: 0

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master. Votes: 0

It must be that to govern a nation you need a specific talent and that this may very well exist without general ability. Votes: 0

The whole argument with the anti-suffragists, or even the critical suffragist man, is this: that you can govern human beings without their consent. Votes: 0

You alone govern the nature of things. Without you nothing emerges into the light of day, without you nothing is joyous or lovely. Votes: 0

Every nation has a right to govern itself internally under what forms it pleases, and to change these forms at its own will. Votes: 0

If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the government's ability to govern the people, we should look to limit those guarantees. Votes: 0

Obama's rhetorical overtures to democracy, it turned out, were just a decoy to conceal his unwavering determination to govern from the far left. Votes: 0

With bad laws and good civil servants it's still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can't help. Votes: 0

Dictators from the past, tyrants, were not unaware that it is easier to govern and enslave a nation of drinkers than that of abstainers. Votes: 0

Let us replace sentimentalism by realism and dare to uncover those simple and terrible laws which, be they seen or unseen, pervade and govern. Votes: 0

The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation. Votes: 0

I have inherited this burden of superstition and nonsense. I govern innumerable men but must acknowledge that I am governed by birds and thunderclaps Votes: 0

You can't have a country or a city or a state that's worth a damn unluss you govern within yourself in your day-to-day life. Votes: 0

I struggle in these situations not to let my madness govern me, and to let the positive aspects of my character define my life. Votes: 0

Let our weakness be what it will, mankind will still be weaker; and whilst there is a world, 'tis woman that will govern it. Votes: 0

We will reflect the country we aspire to govern, and the sound of modern Britain is a complex harmony, not a male voice choir. Votes: 0

I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over! Votes: 0

You write a novel by inventing a world and inventing the rules that govern that world. Then you break the rules when you want to. Votes: 0

Curiosity, or the love of knowledge, has a very limited influence, and requires youth, leisure education, genius and example to make it govern any person Votes: 0

Three hundred men, each of whom knows all the other, govern the fate of the European continent, and they elect their successors from their entourage. Votes: 0

We are no guiltier in following the primative impulses that govern us than is the Nile for her floods or the sea for her waves. Votes: 0

When it comes to the real operational issues that govern our understanding of physical reality, ontological definitions of classical philosophers are, in my opinion, sterile. Votes: 0

Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves Votes: 0

Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office. Votes: 0

Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves. Votes: 0

The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society. Votes: 0

No one sex can govern alone. I believe that one of the reasons why civilization has failed so lamentably is that is had one-sided government. Votes: 0

I only wish, while I am a servant of the public, to know the will of my masters, that I may govern my self accordingly. Votes: 0

Aspiring dictators sometimes win elections, and elected leaders sometimes govern badly and threaten their neighbors. ... History demonstrates that democracy usually follows good governance, not the reverse. Votes: 0

What government is the best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves. [Ger., Welche Regierung die beste sei? Diejenige die uns lehrt uns selbst zu regieren.] Votes: 0

None But such as are good men can give good things, And that which is not good, is not delicious To a well-govern'd and wise appetite. Votes: 0

Mere opinions, in fact, were as likely to govern people's actions as hard evidence, and were subject to sudden reversals as hard evidence could never be. Votes: 0

Trump is holding together the shakiest coalition that you could conceivably govern on. It is a conservative, populist alliance that agrees with itself on very little. Votes: 0

We know this much about how Barack Obama plans to govern: He will deploy the fattest checkbook ever at the disposal of an incoming American president. Votes: 0

Molecular chemistry, the chemistry of the covalent bond, is concerned with uncovering and mastering the rules that govern the structures, properties and transformations of molecular species. Votes: 0

... it is high time that the women of Republican America should know how much the laws that govern them are like the slave laws ofthe South ... Votes: 0

Each of us was created to rule, govern, control, master, manage, and lead our environments. You are in essence a leader, no matter who you are. Votes: 0

Cut away the nonsense, the drama, the regret, the scars of the past, and make a decision to no longer let them govern your happiness and freedom. Votes: 0

The only conduct that merits the drastic remedy of impeachment is that which subverts our system of government or renders the president unfit or unable to govern. Votes: 0

No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised. Votes: 0

Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice. Votes: 0

The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that govern us. Votes: 0

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. Votes: 0

In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that one can govern a horse. Votes: 0

It takes very little to govern good people. Very little. And bad people cant be governed at all. Or if they could I never heard of it. Votes: 0

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government had the power to issue commands to the several sovereign states, but it had no authority to govern individuals directly. Votes: 0

Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God. Votes: 0

Baseball players or cricketers do not need to be able to solve explicitly the non-linear differential equations which govern the flight of the ball. They just catch it. Votes: 0

Whoso desireth to govern well and securely, it behoveth him to have a vigilant eye to the proceedings of great princes, and to consider seriously of their designs. Votes: 0

There is no escape from the vast imbalances in international trade and finance. They will be corrected, sooner or later, by the inexorable principles that govern human action. Votes: 0

If we are to maintain our position as a global economic leader, we've got to end the govern-by-crisis mentality that sets us back instead of moving us forward. Votes: 0

Buy your fair-trade coffee beans by all means, but don't assume fair-trade principles govern the conditions of the men who fetch it to you. You would be mistaken. Votes: 0

Pass legislation. When Obama signs, you've shown seriousness and the ability to govern. When he vetoes, you've clarified the differences between party philosophies and prepared the ground for 2016. Votes: 0

Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God Votes: 0

The most dangerous of all false doctrines is the one seasoned with a little truth. It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible. Votes: 0

To a traveler paying his first visit, [San Francisco] has the interest of a new planet. It ignores the meteorological laws which govern the rest of the world. Votes: 0

The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite. Votes: 0

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters Votes: 0

It is extreme arrogance for one to think he...and it's usually he, is the only one who can govern his country and nobody else can do it. Votes: 0

Basically, if you have above-average intelligence, you have common sense and you can speak in front of a camera and to a crowd, you can govern the state. Votes: 0

The position that God promised the church is to influence the society. We are to govern the attitude and the conduct and the motivation of the human race. Votes: 0

A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family; and his family ere he be fit to bear the government of the commonwealth. Votes: 0

If we dismiss from our minds the prejudice we may have against the Indians we shall be able to more clearly understand the impulses that govern both races. Votes: 0

I am my own man. I governed as a conservative, and I govern effectively.I am my own man. I governed as a conservative, and I govern effectively. Votes: 0

And under our system, much like you see in the U.K., of course, a party working with another party can form a coalition and govern the country. Votes: 0

I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid. Votes: 0

Rules, whether they govern sexual morality or financial probity, regardless of whether they are justifiable or undesirable, always provoke bold recalcitrants to devise clever, defiant ways to breach them. Votes: 0

People are not going to reelect Barack Obama. But will the new president govern as a real conservative? We're going to have to apply the heat to make sure. Votes: 0

The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed. Votes: 0

You need a government that believes in government. It also believes in markets and wants to give markets the best, the greatest opportunity, but is trying to govern well. Votes: 0

The Declaration of Independence was a denial, and the first denial of a nation, of the infamous dogma that God confers the right upon one man to govern others. Votes: 0

The diagnosis is clear, but changing the status quo has proven difficult, because often those who are elected do not govern, and those who do govern are not elected. Votes: 0

If you set out to seek freedom, then learn above all things to govern your soul and your senses . . . only through discipline may a man learn to be free. Votes: 0

Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and commendable nature; and in all cases of passion admit reason to govern. Votes: 0

In the plays of Shakespeare man appears as he is, made up of a crowd of passions which contend for the mastery over him, and govern him in turn. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office. Votes: 0

Shall the railroads govern the country, or shall the people govern the railroads? Shall the interest of railroad kings be chieflyregarded, or shall the interest of the people be paramount? Votes: 0

Doctrines don't govern policy. They provide a conceptual framework by which policymakers approach their decisions. But there is no such thing as a doctrine that controls policy in every way. Votes: 0

The descendants of European immigrants do not govern the United States of America today. The foreign and domestic policies of the country are made by the Jews and their lackeys. Votes: 0

I hope that you know in your heart how you feel about things, and you don't let the people that live on fear and hate govern the way you live. Votes: 0

I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people. Votes: 0

The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements. Votes: 0

Under what law each thing was created, and how necessary it is for it to continue under this, and how it cannot annul the strong rules that govern its lifetime. Votes: 0

Command those that govern your house before all you household that they keep careful watch that all your household, within and without, be faithful, painstaking, chaste, clean, honest and profitable. Votes: 0

Corporations now govern society, perhaps more than governments themselves do; yet ironically, it is their very power, much of which they have gained through economic globalization, that makes them vulnerable. Votes: 0

If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots, you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people. Votes: 0

The stuff that I propose are things that I'm ready to govern with. They're not tools to get elected. They are programs and plans to do when you get elected. Votes: 0

What we need today are not more laws to govern believers. What we need is a greater revelation and appreciation of Jesus and everything that He has done for us! Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

You can bind my body, tie my hands, govern my actions: you are the strongest, and society adds to your power; but with my will, sir, you can do nothing. Votes: 0

Great battles are really won before they are actually fought. To control our passions we must govern our habits, and keep watch over ourselves in the small details of everyday life. Votes: 0

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire, the United Nations is a disunited collection of regimes, many of which do not represent the nations they govern. Votes: 0

Bombs know no ism but barbarism. The laws that successfully govern a peaceful and democratic society do not interfere with the only law bombs know, which is the law of gravity. Votes: 0

I believe that each of us can make a difference. That what is wrong can be made right. That people possess the basic wisdom and goodness to govern themselves without conflict. Votes: 0

If many have their turns to rule, ... this will encourage all men to advance Righteousness and that the Commonwealth will hereby be furnished with able and experienced men, fit to govern. Votes: 0

Follow your heart, whatever you do. You are placing your fate and our fate in the hands of men and women who are going to govern at national and provincial level. Votes: 0

A general presumption that Icings will govern well, is not a sufficient security to the People... those who subjected themselves to the will of a man were governed by a beast. Votes: 0

Those who seem to despise half of America will never be trusted to govern any of it. Those who cherish only the country's past will not be entrusted with its future. Votes: 0

The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles? Votes: 0

Nature is a totally efficient, self-regenerati ng system. IF we discover the laws that govern this system and live synergistically within them, sustainability will follow and humankind will be a success. Votes: 0

The U.S. automotive industry has been selling cars the same way for over 100 years, and there are many laws in place to govern exactly how that is to be accomplished. Votes: 0

A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern. The art consists in making others work rather than in wearing oneself out. Votes: 0

Embellish the soul with simplicity, with prudence, and everything which is neither virtuous nor vicious. Love all men. Walk according to God; for, as a poet hath said, his laws govern all. Votes: 0

Now, no one expects us to agree on everything, whether in Juneau or in Washington. But we are expected to govern with integrity and goodwill and clear convictions and a servant's heart. Votes: 0

We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead, we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilisations as a majority, people support or oppose the individuals who actually govern. Votes: 0

What is new is that environmentalism intensely illuminates the need to confront the corporate domain at its most powerful and guarded point - the exclusive right to govern the systems of production. Votes: 0

The process of discovering your fearless self is of refinement, not adding. The best way to reconnect with your freedom is to look at the rules you have that govern your freedom. Votes: 0

As our federal government has grown too large and too powerful, the real loss has been the freedom of people to govern their own lives and participate fully in the American dream. Votes: 0

The soul of man... is a portion or a copy of the soul of the Universe and is joined together on principles and in proportions corresponding to those which govern the Universe. Votes: 0

I would rather have a Scot come from Scotland togovern the people of this kingdom well and justly, than that you should govern them ill in the sight of all the world. Votes: 0

A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we can offer to those who govern? Prayer! Votes: 0

What discord should we bring into the universe if our prayers were all answered! Then we should govern the world, and not God. And do you think we should govern it better? Votes: 0

So long as we govern our nation by the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, we can be sure that our nation will grow in strength and wisdom and freedom. Votes: 0

Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs. Votes: 0

I say an hour lost at a bottleneck is an hour out of the entire system. I say an hour saved at a non-bottleneck is worthless. Bottlenecks govern both throughput and inventory. Votes: 0

I believe that the United States government was set up with the help of God, and it is the closest government in the world to how God would have men govern themselves. Votes: 0

I believe in the America people's ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them to lead their lives as they choose, they will succeed. Votes: 0

I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The time frame is very small to disarm the militia, to bring about a security situation in which the governing council, the 24 Iraqis or however many others they appoint, can govern the country. Votes: 0

There are principles which govern our life-they are the principles of Life. If our life is lived according to these principles all is well, and harmony reigns in place of vexation and struggle. Votes: 0

I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare. Votes: 0

I don't want to govern the Palestinians. I don't want them as subjects of Israel or as citizens of Israel. I want them to have their own independent state but a demilitarized state. Votes: 0

I have started to think that the great, decisive moments that broadly govern our lives are far less conscious at the time than they seem later when we are reminiscing and taking stock. Votes: 0

Those sciences which govern the morals of mankind, such as Theology and Philosophy, make everything their concern: no activity is so private or so secret as to escape their attention or their jurisdiction. Votes: 0

Just as in nature systems of order govern the growth and structure of animate and inanimate matter, so human activity itself has, since the earliest times, been distinguished by the quest for order. Votes: 0

The solution to Iraq -- an Iraq that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself -- is more than a military mission. Precisely the reason why I sent more troops into Baghdad. Votes: 0

I have started to think that the great, decisive moments that broadly govern our lives are far less conscious at the time than they seem later when we are reminiscing and taking stock. Votes: 0

When the masses become better informed about science, they will feel less need for help form supernatural Higher Powers. The need for religion will end when man becomes sensible enough to govern himself. Votes: 0

Markets are useful instruments for organizing productive activity. But unless we want to let the market rewrite the norms that govern social institutions, we need a public debate about the moral limits of markets. Votes: 0

The gospel alone is sufficient to rule the lives of Christians everywhere - any additional rules made to govern men's conduct added nothing to the perfection already found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

By developing your discipline and courage, you can refuse to let other people's mood swings govern your financial destiny. In the end, how your investments behave is much less important than how you behave. Votes: 0

The founders were very worried that if parties developed in America, you might have something like the modern Italian system, where you have 20 different parties that divide Congress and the country and can't govern. Votes: 0

None of us whether Men or Women but have so good an Opinion of our own Conduct as to believe we are fit, if not to direct others, at least to govern our selves. Votes: 0

At the start of his second term, one wonders less about Obama's fitness than his willingness: Why doesn't he do more to build and maintain the relationships required to govern in era of polarization? Votes: 0

The notion of a neutral, mainstream national media gained dominance only in World War II and in its aftermath, when what turned out to be a temporary moderate consensus came to govern the country. Votes: 0

A religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save him; that which does not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world will never distinguish him from a perishing world. Votes: 0

Our goal in Iraq is victory. Our goal is for a young democracy to be able to sustain itself, govern itself, and defend itself and serve as an ally in the war on terror. Votes: 0

The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them! Votes: 0

. . . man is just what he thinks himself to be . . . He will attract to himself what the thinks most about. He can learn to govern his own destiny when he learns to control his thoughts. Votes: 0

It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible. Do not ever let anyone claim to be a true American patriot if they ever attempt to separate religion from politics. Votes: 0

Our carefully constructed system of checks and balances is being negated by the rise of a fourth branch, an administrative state of sprawling departments and agencies that govern with increasing autonomy and decreasing transparency. Votes: 0

I always tried to do what I believed is right and I've always voted the way that I believe was the right way for my constituency, and that's what I'm doing when I govern. Votes: 0

My claim is that we should focus on the values of liberty... If there is not government to insist on those values, then who? ... The single unifying force should be that we govern ourselves. Votes: 0

The way to subject all things to thyself is to subject thyself to reason; thou shalt govern many, if reason govern thee. Wouldst thou be crowned the monarch of a little world? command thyself. Votes: 0

It is exciting to discover electrons and figure out the equations that govern their movement; it is boring to use those principles to design electric can openers. From here on out, it's all can openers. Votes: 0

The refs are so confused themselves because there's so many rules. It's like, 'Oh my gosh I've never seen this many rules in my life.' And everybody's trying to govern this and justify that. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

We will meet our challenges head on and we will do it by rejecting the politics of mediocrity and corruption. You voted for change; I intend to deliver it. ... I will govern as a reformer. Votes: 0

I will believe in the right of one man to govern a nation despotically when I find a man born unto the world with boots and spurs, and a nation with saddles on their backs. Votes: 0

A man's reaction to his appetites and impulses when they are roused gives the measure of that man's character. In these reactions are revealed the man's power to govern or his forced servility to yield. Votes: 0

Whoso taketh in hand to govern a multitude, either by way of liberty or principality, and cannot assure himself of those persons that are enemies to that enterprise, doth frame a state of short perseverance. Votes: 0

There are principles that govern human effectiveness - natural laws in the human dimension that are just as real, just as unchanging and unarguably there as laws such as gravity are in the physical dimension. Votes: 0

We are told about the world before we see it. We imagine most things before we experience them. And those preconceptions, unless education has made us acutely aware, govern deeply the whole process of perception. Votes: 0

Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst. Votes: 0

My father once admonished me to master the laws that govern fine writing until I could weave my words into worlds. If ever I accomplish that feat, I will sign my name to the tale. Votes: 0

There is some who say that perhaps freedom is not universal. Maybe it's only Western people that can self-govern. Maybe it's only, you know, white-guy Methodists who are capable of self-government. I reject that notion. Votes: 0

[ Alexis de] Tocqueville said it in 1835, and it's as true today as it was then: 'Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot. Religion is more needed in democratic societies than in any other.' Votes: 0