Quotes about Rule

The Law is used un-lawfully, not when presented as the rule of the believer's life, but when it is opposed to Christ!

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

Our kingdom is our life, and our life is our kingdom. We are all meant to rule from a glorious place. When God is on the throne, then so are we. When God is in exile, our lands are at war and our kingdoms are in chaos.

One who asks the law to rule, therefore, is held to be asking god and intellect alone to rule, while one who asks man adds the beast. Desire is a thing of this sort; and spiritedness perverts rulers and the best men. Hence law is intellect without appetite.

When then the law has spoken in general terms, and there arises a case of exception to the general rule, it is proper, in so far as the lawgiver omits the case and by reason of his universality of statement is wrong, to set right the omission by ruling it as the lawgiver himself would rule were he there present, and would have provided by law had he foreseen the case would arise.

What difference does it make whether the women rule or the rulers are ruled by the women?

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts. . . . And be thankful. —COLOSSIANS 3:15

We are the masters at the moment, and not only at the moment, but for a very long time to come.

Golden rule: Made of hard metal so it could stand severe wear, it not being known at that time that butter would answer.

It's clear that when we're this outnumbered by the creatures, we have to take a page from the British Empire and rule the lesser species through intimidation. That's why the single most important thing you can do as a human is to dominate an animal. Need more proof? "Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." I'd say that about covers it.

The rule of love, I say again, is not an optional extra. It is the very essence of what we [Christians] are about

The example of Jesus Christ is the only perfect example that ever existed in human nature. It is therefore, a rule by which to try all other examples; and the dispositions, frames and practices of others, must be commended and followed no further than they were followers of Christ.