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.
Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.
Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
A Democrat has to show the toughness to govern. People don't doubt that Republicans will be tough.
Maintaining a fair and accessible justice system should at all times be the overarching concern of Government
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
The emancipation of the working class can only be achieved by the working class itself — without the assistance of governments.
Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
A true world outlook is incompatible with a foreign imperialism, no matter how high-minded the governing country.
I've a problem with the word charity because I think that NGOs, as I prefer calling them, really do take the work of moral and social responsibilities that ought to be taken on by governments.
We have to make sure that women's issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state, all governments.
Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.
He who wants a new world must first buy the old.
A hand that is ready to hit may cause you great trouble.
The prudent embark when the sea is calm -- the rash when it's stormy.
A new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.
One old friend is better than two new ones.
The argument that there are just wars often rests on the social system of the nation engaging in war. It is supposed that if a ‘liberal’ state is at war with a ‘totalitarian’ state, then the war is justified. The beneficent nature of a govern...
Show me you care about our common tongue. Bring to your [writing] passion, deeply informed by knowledge of your subject. Stay me, not with apples and flagons, but with wit and grace, humor and intense caring about your discipline. Don't slack, don't ...
Kindness is in a prison till it finds Release in words or deeds.
Ideas that require people to reorganize their picture of the world provoke hostility.
