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«You can bind my body, tie my hands, govern my actions: you are the strongest, and society adds to your power; but with my will, sir, you can do nothing.»
«The king reigns, but does not govern»
«The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed»
Author: William Henry Harrison
(President)
| About:
Politics
| Keywords:
govern, governed, grant, legitimate
«Politics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology.»
Author: Bill Clinton
(President)
| Keywords:
basis, evidence, govern, politics, theologies, theology
«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.»
Author: James Madison
(President)
| Keywords:
controls, external, govern, Human nature, internal, No Angel, reflections
«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.»
Author: Mohandas Gandhi
| Keywords:
conduct, govern, governing, orderliness, The Conduct of Life, unalterable
«Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing.»
«Syllables govern the world.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Words
| Keywords:
govern, syllables
«Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Government
| Keywords:
govern, government, teaches, U.S. government
«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.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
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blame, determines, environment, govern, lovely, modifies, modifying, surroundings
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