Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. Votes: 2
Napoleon BonapartePeople are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. Votes: 2
Nicolas ChamfortA state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed. Votes: 2
Rene DescartesHappiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. Votes: 2
Dale CarnegieDemocracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. Votes: 2
George Bernard ShawNothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few. Votes: 2
David HumeThe world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO. Votes: 2
Jose SaramagoExcusations, cessions, modesty itself well governed, are but arts of ostentation. Votes: 0
Francis BaconLimitless opportunities abound, governed only by your focus on achieving them. Votes: 0
Steven RedheadPolitics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth Votes: 0
Bertrand RussellHow can a thing possibly govern others when it cannot be governed itself? Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerMan, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws. Votes: 0
Baron de MontesquieuA government builds its prestige upon the apparently voluntary association of the governed. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiTake mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions. Votes: 0
Alexander HamiltonWithout forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. Votes: 0
Roberto AssagioliOrder is manifestly maintained in the universe... governed by the sovereign will of God. Votes: 0
James Prescott JouleA wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Votes: 0
Jean de la BruyereThis weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments. Votes: 0
Jacques DelorsIf I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers. Votes: 0
Frederick the GreatIt is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed. Votes: 0
Henry Ward BeecherThere is something absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. Votes: 0
Thomas PaineI can conceive of nothing worse than a man-governed world -- except a woman-governed world. Votes: 0
Nancy AstorGovernments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed Votes: 0
Walter E. WilliamsMIT is governed by a second, even higher rule: the inalienable right of academic freedom. Votes: 0
Nicholas NegropontePeople are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess. Votes: 0
Nicolas ChamfortForgetting and remembering are governed by laws, but we cannot find out what they are. Votes: 0
Mason CooleySystems governed by only one set of rules are more vulnerable than those with variety. Votes: 0
Geoff MulganI think everything should be governed by law. We don't want to keep secrets anymore. Votes: 0
Nong ?uc ManhThe only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed. Votes: 0
William Henry HarrisonThe lesson of the book is that the universe is governed by the laws of science. Votes: 0
Stephen HawkingSociety is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law. Votes: 0
SolonHollywood is so governed by the ego, and I never wanted to fall into that trap. Votes: 0
Kimberly Elise[Knowledge is governed not by] a theory of knowledge, but by a theory of discursive practice. Votes: 0
Michel FoucaultWe justly consider women to be weaker than ourselves, and yet we are governed by them. Votes: 0
Nicolas ChamfortI think of music as fuel, its spectrum of energy governed by tempi, volume, and heart. Votes: 0
Twyla TharpAnd my Christianity, first and foremost, governed the way that I tried to deal with people. Votes: 0
Mike PenceThe leaders should all relate to this principle: the governed must be as happy as possible. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroThe life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires. Votes: 0
AristotleThose that deem politics beneath their dignity are doomed to be governed by those of lesser talents. Votes: 0
AristotleFor in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. Votes: 0
Jonathan SwiftVoting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed. Votes: 0
DeForest SoariesI shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation. Votes: 0
Baron de MontesquieuIn every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing. Votes: 0
Anatole FranceThe poor complain that they are governed badly. The rich complain that they are governed at all. Votes: 0
Gilbert K. ChestertonWe are governed by sympathy; and the extent of our sympathy is determined by that of our sensibility Votes: 0
William HazlittWars are not all evil, they are part of the grand machinery by which this world is governed. Votes: 0
William Tecumseh ShermanHonesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man. Votes: 0
Richard WhatelyThere are very few so foolish that they had not rather govern themselves than be governed by others. Votes: 0
Thomas HobbesIf a country is not governed well, all sort of disasters will become a routine of that country! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanA human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice. Votes: 0
Ferdinand BuissonThe excellence of every government is its adaptation to the state of those to be governed by it. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonIt is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else Votes: 0
Kwame NkrumahThe good will of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinThe bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation. Votes: 0
Angela CarterWhen those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much. Votes: 0
Ronald ReaganIt costs ten times more to govern us than it used to, and we are not governed one-tenth as good. Votes: 0
Will RogersAs you will come to see, much is governed by the Golden Rule: he who has the gold makes the rules. Votes: 0
T. Colin Campbell