Quotes About Governance

Everybody in the world is capable of democratic development. Some people in the world are unlucky enough to get stuck with really bad political leadership and with really bad political institutions.

We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets.

Whoever leads an auspicious life here and governs the commonwealth rightly, as my most noble father did, who promoted all piety and banished all ignorance, has a most certain way to heaven.

He was Control, and he was in control.

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

She's no ordinary fairy godmother. You all must know that. She runs this kingdom. She controls the royal court. She ensures her continued influence by molding all of you to do her bidding. And when you don't…

Do not decorate the walls of your house with the valuable stones from Eubœa and Sparta; but adorn the minds (breasts) of the citizens and of those who administer the state with the instruction which comes from Hellas (Greece). For states are well governed by the wisdom (judgment) of men, but not by stone and wood.

En resumen, y contra lo que pudiera parecer, el siglo XX mostró que se puede gobernar contra todo el pueblo por algún tiempo, y contra una parte del pueblo todo el tiempo, pero no contra todo el pueblo todo el tiempo

QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.

Une légende court les livres. Elle parle de trois amis, trois persans qui ont marqué, chacun à sa façon, les débuts de notre millénaire : Omar Khayyam qui a observé le monde, Nizam-El Mok qui l'a gouverné, Hassan Sabbah qui l'a terrorisé.

Tell her that the qualities needed to govern are not those which are needed in order to accede to power.

the qualities needed to govern are not those which are needed in order to accede to power. In order to run things smoothly, one must forget oneself and only be interested in others – particularly the most unfortunate; to get into power, one must be the greediest of men, think only of oneself and be ready to crush one's closest friends.

[Anacharsis] laughed at him [Solon] for imagining the dishonesty and covetousness of his countrymen could be restrained by written laws, which were like spiders' webs, and would catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but easily be broken by the mighty and rich.

A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It does not haggle over expenditures for armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are an abundant source of gain.

We should adopt his principles and govern men as they are and not as what we'd like them to be.

Plato described in great detail a plan for government in which philosophers would take turns ruling the less able people of the country. As you may remember, Plato and his friends were philosophers.

Filosofii susÈ›in c? omul e pervertit de societate È™i de proasta guvernare. (...) Nu, violatorul s?l??luia în noi ca un virus È™i nici o societate ideal? nu ne-ar fi putut t?m?dui.

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

I am the government.

The government that governs from afar absolutely requires that the truth and the facts reach its knowledge by every possible channel, so that it may weigh and estimate them better, and this need increases when a country like the Philippines is concerned, where the inhabitants speak and complain in a language unknown to the authorities.

I've always been of the view that two-term presidency rule is a pretty good one and CEOs shouldn't overstay their welcome.

People always want welfare, development, and good governance. As long as you are delivering, people are with you.

There's no need to be fearful of me. I am involved in the welfare of people and giving them good governance.

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