Quotes About Governance

The more control, the more that requires control. This is the road to chaos. — PanSpechi aphorism

He aspires to rule my Barony, yet he cannot rule himself.

Alzó cuatro nudosos dedos—: la erudición de los sabios, la justicia de los poderosos, las plegarias de los justos y el coraje de los valerosos. Pero eso no vale nada... —Cerró los dedos en un puño— sin un gobernante que conozca el arte de gobernar.

Control the coinage and the courts—let the rabble have the rest.

Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern.

Existe un límite a la fuerza que hasta los más poderosos pueden aplicar sin destruirse a sí mismos. Calcular dicho límite es el auténtico arte de gobernar. El mal uso del poder es un pecado fatal. La ley no puede ser un instrumento de venganza, nunca un rehén y tampoco un refugio contra los mártires que ha creado. Uno no puede amenazar a un individuo y librarse de las consecuencias. Muad'Dib sobre la ley, Comentarios de Stilgar

It requires good government. That does not depend upon laws or precedent, but upon the personal qualities of whoever governs.

Good government 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. —LAW AND GOVERNANCE THE SPACING GUILD MANUAL

Quem governa assume uma responsabilidade irrevogável pelos governados. Você é um fazendeiro. Isso exige, em certos momentos, um ato de amor altruísta que talvez pareça apenas divertido para aqueles a quem você governa.

Control the coinage and the courts – let the rabble have the rest." Thus the Padishah Emperor advised you. And he tells you: "If you want profits, you must rule." There is truth in these words, but I ask myself: "Who are the rabble and who are the ruled?

Grave isto na memória, rapaz: um mundo é sustentado por quatro coisas... o conhecimento dos sábios, a justiça dos poderosos, a prece dos justos e a coragem dos bravos. Mas tudo isso de nada vale... sem um governante que conheça a arte de governar.

Multe erori grave de guvernare sunt pricinuite de teama de a realiza schimb?ri interne radicale, chiar È™i când necesitatea lor este clar perceput?.

Quem governa assume uma responsabilidade irrevogável pelos governados. Você é um fazendeiro. Isso exige, em certo momentos, um ato de amor altruísta que talvez pareça apenas divertido para aqueles a quem você governa.

Ä°yi yönetimler hiçbir zaman kanunlara dayanmaz, yönetenlerin kiÅŸisel niteliklerine dayan?r. Yönetim mekanizmas? daima bu mekanizmay? idare edenlerin isteÄŸine baÄŸl?d?r. Bu yüzden, yönetimin en önemli unsuru, liderleri seçme yöntemidir.

Good government 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.

The people who can destroy a thing, they control it

We mustn't run short of filmbase,' the Duke said. 'Else, how could 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?

What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

Pour bien gouverner, il faut apprendre le langage du monde qui est le vôtre et qui est différent sur chaque monde. [...] Elle voulait parler du langage des rochers et des choses vivantes, ce langage que l'on ne peut entendre avec ses seules oreilles.

Companies that are indifferent to democracy have acquired an outsized role in it.

However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.

People of our State know the commitment and sincerity with which my Government deals with issues concerning the State, including Left wing extremism.

Tony Blair was a good politician but not a good Prime Minister, and that's what we don't want to be. We don't want to be just people who are good at winning elections: we want to be good at governing. I think we benefit from having seen the mistakes that we think Tony Blair made in 1997.

You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.