Quotes about Governance
A world is supported by four things... the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing...without a ruler who knows the art of ruling.
— Frank Herbert
It requires good government. That does not depend upon laws or precedent, but upon the personal qualities of whoever governs.
— Frank Herbert
A real king is the one who recognizes that, in governing his kingdom, he is a true minister of God. Conversely whoever does not reign with a view to serving God's glory acts not as a ruler but as a robber.
— John Calvin
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
— Abraham Lincoln
In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.
— Edmund Burke
Those are governed best who are governed least.
— Thomas Jefferson
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
— Abraham Lincoln
As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it.
— John Adams
Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions.
— Isabel Allende
The dead should not rule the living.
— Thomas Jefferson
He created the laws and principles—sowing and reaping, cause and effect and the free will of humans—that govern the earth. We, however, implement these principles and determine much of what we reap and experience.
— Dutch Sheets
Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower