Quotes About Rulership

Demek ki Platon'un, "Kim yönetmeli?" ya da "Kim iktidar sahibi olmal??" sorusu yanl??t?r. demokrasiye inanmamam?z?n nedeni, demokraside halk?n egemen olmas?ndan kaynaklanm?yor. Ne siz ne de ben hakimiz; tam tersine sizler de, ben de yönetiliyoruz, hatta bazen ho?umuza gitmeyecek kadar çok. demokrasi bizim için, siyasi muhalefet ve bu nedenle de siyasi özgürlük anlay???yla uzla?abilen tek yönetim biçimidir.

A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.

no es un bien la soberanía de muchos; uno solo sea príncipe, uno solo rey: aquél a quien el hijo del artero Crono ha dado cetro y leyes para que reine sobre nosotros.

a privileged class never surrenders its tyranny, neither can it be expected that the capitalists of this age will give up their rulership without being forced to do it….

I have my throne, I have my sword, I have an empire. But I have . . . no-one.

Like Cleopatra," observed Philostratus, "they reached such a pinnacle by using their connection to men: Cleopatra through Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, Domna through Severus, Maesa and her daughter through the two young cousins—one or both of them said to be the son of Caracalla. And now those boys rule jointly, since Antoninus adopted him and made him Caesar.

Sa sultanijom je nestalo jedino bi?e na svijetu koje joj je moglo nametnuti svoj zakon...

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

Weak emperors mean strong viceroys.

He who knows not how to dissimulate, can not reign.

I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.

A prince ought to have two fears, one from within, on account of his subjects, the other from without, on account of external powers.

To feel pity, to be carried away by the pleasure of hearing a clever argument, to listen to the claims of decency are three things that are entirely against the interests of an imperial power.

I blame not those who wish to rule, but those who are willing to serve. The same human nature which is always ready to domineer over the subservient, bids us defend ourselves against the aggressor.

Whose game was empires and whose stakes were thrones, Whose table earth, whose dice were human bones.

Any man who must say, "I am the king" is no true king.

A good king knows when to save his strength and when to destroy his enemies.

I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.

Jon wanted nothing more. No , he had to tell himself, those days are gone . The realization twisted in his belly like a knife. They had chosen him to rule. The Wall was his, and their lives were his as well. A lord may love the men that he commands, he could hear his lord father saying, but he cannot be a friend to them. One day he may need to sit in judgement on them, or send them forth to die.

Many good men have been bad kings, Maester Aemon used to say, and some bad men have been good kings.

The sword was not the kingdom, he says.

A king had best know the names of his enemies, don't you think?

When dead men come hunting in the night, do you think it matters who sits on the Iron Throne?