Quotes About Governance

I am my own man. I governed as a conservative, and I govern effectively. And the net effect was, during my eight years, 1.3 million jobs were created. We left the state better off because I applied conservative principles in a purple state the right way, and people rose up.

When you start talking about elections being rigged, you're pushing people beyond democratic governance. And it's a very, very dangerous thing to do.

Having the ball makes you a football player, not running after it.

This democracy is not by the people, of the people, for the people. This democracy is about by the party high command, of the party high command, and for the party high command.

Sometimes we don't realize that the government is for the people by the people.

The consensus of the founders was, we don't want no government: we want limited but effective government.

The government is one entity which can control fraud, both public and private.

I'm a little bit of a control freak.

I am a control freak.

I'm a bit of a control freak.

Maybe I'm a control freak.

It is not the function of the leader of government business to discipline members of the executive.

It is the responsibility of the government to ensure the House functions.

Those who embezzle public funds should be ready to face the consequences.

When wicked or ignorant men govern, it is not surprising that virtue and goodness are not esteemed. For the former hate them, and the latter do not know them.

Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.

How would we flood village and city with our information? The people must learn how well I govern them. How would they know if we didn't tell them?

A world is supported by four things... the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing...without a ruler who knows the art of ruling.

Power and fear, he said. The tools of statecraft.

Every religious, business and governmental question has the single derivative: 'Who will exercise the power?' Alliances, combines, complexes, they all chase mirages unless they go for the power. All else is nonsense, as most thinking beings come to realize.

That which submits rules.

Deceit is a tool of statecraft, Irulan agreed. There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover, Paul said.

QUESTION: Who governs the governors? ANSWER: Entropy.

The people must learn how well I govern them. How would they know if we didn't tell them?