Governed Quotes

The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract.

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

That is because the conflict with al Qaeda is not governed by the Geneva Conventions, which applies only to international conflicts between states that have signed them.

The world is governed by opinion.

The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.

And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.

And my Christianity, first and foremost, governed the way that I tried to deal with people.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct.

An educated people can be easily governed.

Specifically, the reservation of sovereignty to the people of the states in matters not governed by federal law is constitutionally defined and permanently enshrined in the 10th Amendment.

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.

Men still have to be governed by deception.

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric is governed by gravity.

Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights.

Order is manifestly maintained in the universe... governed by the sovereign will of God.

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

I think your life is governed not by the bricks or mortar around you, it's governed by who holds your hand and who spits in your eye.

Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.