Quotes About Governance

His goal was to secure approval of a law authorizing him to ignore the constitution, bypass the Reichstag, and govern by decree.

no country has the right to dictate to others how they should be governed; but we all have good reason to speak up on behalf of democratic values

it is impossible for a free people to govern a dependent people despotically without endangering its own freedom.

The business of the government is the business of the people.

Those who own the country ought to govern it.

This answer involves not simply academic pursuits; it affects how a society governs itself, its structure, how its citizens live. If a society does set Goethe's "Word . . . supremely high," if it believes that it knows the truth and that it need not question its beliefs, then that society is more likely to enforce rigid decrees, and less likely to change. If it leaves room for doubt about the truth, it is more likely to be free and

Nations are in effect ceding portions of their sovereignty to the international community and beginning to create a new system of international environmental governance.

I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people.

From experience I can say that we can make our nation corruption free. Only promises won't help...Irade Nek Hone Chahiye.

Nothing can save England if she will not save herself. If we lose faith in ourselves, in our capacity to guide and govern, if we lose our will to live, then indeed our story is told.

My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable.

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

When the mob governs, man is ruled by ignorance; when the church governs, he is ruled by superstition; and when the state governs, he is ruled by fear. Before men can live together in harmony and understanding, ignorance must be transmuted into wisdom, superstition into an illuminated faith, and fear into love.

When the mob governs, man is ruled by ignorance; when the church governs, he is ruled by superstition; and when the state governs, he is ruled by fear. Before men can live together in harmony and understanding, ignorance must be transmuted into wisdom, superstition into an illumined faith, and fear into love.

Trump responded to all this with scorn, lies and personal attacks, establishing a whole new means of presidential communication: governance by Twitter.

So vast, indeed, that it eventually proved impossible to administer from a single centre,

Offa had demoted them to the rank of provincial governors.

Having begun their protest by demanding that the realm should be governed only by 'native-born men', the opposition now insisted on nothing less than the total expulsion of all foreigners, 'never to return'.

When he who rules is worthiest, and excells   Them whom he governs. This is servitude,   To serve th' unwise, or him who hath rebelld   Against his worthier, as thine now serve thee,   Thy self not free, but to thy self enthrall'd;

Jika para pemberi suara tidak tahu alat terpenting yang dimanfaatkan pemimpin mereka, bisakah bangsa tersebut mengklaim sebagai bangsa yang demokratis?

Guerin and Delgamuukw are two examples of the continuing ability of Aboriginal peoples to shape not just how Canada functions or will function, but how Canada imagines itself. The Court's decisions demonstrate how Canada does not exist or function merely in the narrative of the British or French philosophy of governance. It

and Vice President Tony Su. Su's presence was unusual. The president had reverted to the formerly common practice of giving the Vice President absolutely nothing of any importance to do. Su spent most of his time vising elementary schools and working on his putting.

Literacy is vital to democracy. For if the governed can neither understand their leaders nor distinguish truth from lies, then a democracy descends into oligarchy, a government by and for the elite few.

There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.