Order is manifestly maintained in the universe. . . governed by the sovereign will of God.
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.
Yet by such worthless beings is a great nation to be governed and even made to deify their old king because he is only a fool and a maniac, and to forgive and forget his having lost to them a great and flourishing empire.
It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
Our soul is governed by four invisible forces: love, death, power and time.
As a matter of fact, no one knows that God exists and no one knows that God does not exist. To my mind there is no evidence that God exists - that this world is governed by a being of infinite goodness, wisdom and power, but I do not pretend to know.
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed. That is a milestone we left a long time ago.
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.
I try never to be governed by fear; that's how I choose things.
Those are governed best who are governed least.
The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which he prescribes for himself. Allow ALL the governed an equal voice in the government, and that, and that only, is self-government.
The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very frequently confess that all things are held together and governed by one spirit or mind.
The economy is not governed with the bottom half in mind.
I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.
I do not wish to be either governor nor governed!
[The labor movement is] a movement of the working people, for the working people, by the working people, governed by ourselves, with its policies determined by ourselves.
To lay aside all prejudices, is to lay aside all principles. He who is destitute of principles is governed by whims.