Quotes with govern

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  • Thomas Jefferson I have no ambition to govern men. It is a painful and thankless office
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Golda Meir I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
    Golda Meir
    Prime Minister of Israel (1898 - 1978)
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  • Seneca 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?
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Bob Kerrey If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. It's not clear how they will do it, but it never is.
    Bob Kerrey
    American politician (1943 - )
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  • Camille Paglia In every premenstrual woman struggling to govern her temper, sky-cult wars again with earth-cult.
    Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Napoleon Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Thomas à Kempis It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Charles James Fox Kings govern by means of popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.
    Rede House of Commons (31 oktober 1776)
    Charles James Fox
    British statesman (1749 - 1806)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero Let reason govern desire.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • William Penn Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
    William Penn
    English religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718)
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  • Baruch Spinoza Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Abraham Lincoln No man is good enough to govern another man without his consent.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Plato No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Cardinal De Richelieu Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books.
    Cardinal De Richelieu
    French clergyman and nobleman (1585 - 1642)
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  • Benito Mussolini Our program is simple: we wish to govern Italy. They ask us for programs but there are already too many. It is not programs that are wanting for the salvation of Italy but men and will power.
    Benito Mussolini
    Italian journalist, politician and dictator (1883 - 1945)
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  • John Wesley Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason.
    John Wesley
    British preacher (1703 - 1791)
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  • Thomas à Kempis Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Baruch Spinoza Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more easily than their words.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Syllables govern the world.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Themistocles The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.
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