Govern Quotes

I know General Grant better than any other person in the country can know him. It was my duty to study him, and I did so day and night, when I saw him and when I did not see him, and now I tell you what I know, he cannot govern this country.

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

Our view is that individuals and families can govern their lives better than bureaucrats.

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.

Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to say that the Creator might govern the world without those rules, since without them it could not subsist.

There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings.

I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate.

None of us whether Men or Women but have so good an Opinion of our own Conduct as to believe we are fit, if not to direct others, at least to govern our selves.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

Republicans should simply focus on first principles and give the American people what they want - an honest party dedicated to common sense, fiscal responsibility and limited government. If we govern to save the country, we'll do well as a party.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

The only conduct that merits the drastic remedy of impeachment is that which subverts our system of government or renders the president unfit or unable to govern.

We must govern from the middle, or we will not be able to govern at all.

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.

The king reigns but does not govern.

One is that President Clinton, in his first two years of his term, did not govern as he had campaigned.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.

Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.

Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs.

Syllables govern the world.

A Democrat has to show the toughness to govern. People don't doubt that Republicans will be tough.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them.

No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent.

The best way for someone to govern is to set an example.

I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare.

It is not necessary to dwell on the political and social principles of Islam, to underline how close they also are in spirit to the concepts of human rights which govern the political and social systems of the West.

To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.