Quotes About Rule

... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor.

British Conservatives base their entire approach to politics on the rule of law, and rightly so.

Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.

The justification of majority rule in politics is not to be found in its ethical superiority.

Only create associations with positive affinities. Make this a rule of life and you will benefit more than from all the therapy in the world.

The sovereign power of all civil authority is founded in the consent of the people.

Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.

Sovereignty and the right to rule cannot be conferred on anyone no matter who ... as a result of an academic discussion. Sovereignty is acquired by force and power and violence.

The thing to keep in mind is that laws are framed by those who happen to be in power and for the purpose of keeping them in power.

Those who have been intoxicated with power... can never willingly abandon it.

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.

The people have the power to redeem the work of fools. Upon the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule.

Law! What do I care about the law? Ain't I got the power?

With the tools of democracy, democracy was murdered and lawlessness made "legal." Raw power ruled, and its only real goal was to destroy all other powers besides itself.

Belief in rule by an elite is no better than bigotry when ability is not the sole basis for admission to the circle of the elect.

Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule is no more inherent than the right of the minority to rule; and unless the majority represents sane, righteous, unselfish public sentiment, it has no inherent right.

The night can sweat with terror as beforeWe pieced our thoughts into philosophy,And planned to bring the world under a rule,Who are but weasels fighting in a hole.

The master of Delhi, they knew, was always the master of Hindustan.

No more, then, shall he infest the saints, no, nor rule the wicked, but he with them, and they with him, shall lie under the immediate execution of God's wrath. For

We admit of no government by divine right… the only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.

for PEOPLE to rule themselves in a REPUBLIC , they must have virtue;for a TYRANT to rule in a TYRANNY ,he must use FEAR.

all democratic societies based on the rule of law, on the Tinkerbell Principle: it functioned only so long as its participants believed in it.48

A good rule of thumb is to never, ever pay more than 15 years fair rental value for any residence.c This computes out to a 6.7 percent (1/15th) gross rental dividend, or 3.7 percent after taxes, insurance, and maintenance, which is about what you might expect from a mixed portfolio of stocks and bonds.