Govern Quotes

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.

Eternal principles that govern happiness apply equally to all.

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

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.

They that govern the most make the least noise.

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.

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

You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

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

To govern mankind, one must not overrate them.

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

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

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

Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make changes in the way a nation thinks, you have to have the ability to take the crisis of the moment and use it to shape an agenda.

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.

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

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

Love, work, and knowledge are the wellsprings of our lives, they should also govern it.

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

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

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.

If the Iraqis fail to implement the reforms, if they fail to get a handle on the violence, there's nothing the United States can do, militarily or otherwise, that can solve those problems. They have to assume the primary responsibility to govern themselves.

Physiology is the science which treats of the properties of organic bodies, animal and vegetable, of the phenomena they present, and of the laws which govern their actions. Inorganic substances are the objects of other sciences, - physics and chemistry.

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