Quotes About Ruler

when the companions of the Prophet sought advice from him regarding migration he replied: "If you travel to Ethiopia it will be very profitable for you, because, on account of the presence of a mighty and just ruler, nobody is oppressed there and the land of that country is good and pure and you can live there till Almighty Allah provides you relief.

He was one of the few great rulers whose wisdom increased with his power, and whose spirit grew gentler and tenderer as his triumphs were multiplied.

The Scarecrow was now the ruler of the Emerald City, and although he was not a Wizard the people were proud of him. "For," they said, "there is not another city in all the world that is ruled by a stuffed man." And, so far as they knew, they were quite right.

Alfonso the Wise of Castile (1252-1284)

He was therefore heir to a triple monarchy.

She ruled from the heart and not the head. She was a femme fatale, a manipulative siren

and to bolster the legitimacy of her reign in her own country.

Providence has given to our people the choice of their ruler, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers. John Jay First Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.

He will be a good ruler, I thought. Fair-minded and warm. He will not be consumed like his father was. He had never been hungry for glory, only for life.

The faerie queen's compassion was even more frightening than her anger.

The honey from the flowers of the senses, Ever present within, ruler of time, Goes beyond fear. For this Self is Supreme

Coenwulf dealt briskly with these challenges to his rule.

In 757, having ruled for forty-one years, he was killed by his own bodyguard

so Oswald became the new ruler of Northumbria, reuniting the kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira.

warlord who would later become king of Norway.

through which the king, wearing his crown, was presented to his people as a divinely appointed figure of power.

Eadwine returned home to rule both Deira and Bernicia, sending the sons of his erstwhile tormentor into flight.

ruler of all these regions, Æthelstan has good claim to be considered the first king of England

Aldfrith grew tired of the constant arguments and banished the troublesome bishop from his kingdom for a second time.68

were now subject to the authority of a single secular ruler: the king of Mercia.

he was actually in his mid-twenties at the time of his accession.

Edward reigned for a quarter of a century, very little is known about him as a person.

Oswiu had made him the ruler of the southern part of Northumbria, the former kingdom of Deira.

Who now is sovereign can dispose and bid What shall be right: farthest from him is best