Quotes About Rulership

Without terror how can the few rule the many?

No matter how much territory the wolf conquers the lion will still rule the jungle.

It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, and to be a violator of the property and women of his subjects, from both of which he must abstain.

The laws can't be enforced against the man who is the laws' master.

At various times during the last four thousand years God has asserted his rights and endeavoured to establish his own authority, his own laws, and his own government among the children of men

Sic nos in sceptra reponis?

Men are ruled by ideas, sentiments, and customs—matters which are of the essence of ourselves. Institutions and laws are the outward manifestation of our character, the expression of its needs. Being its outcome, institutions and laws cannot change this character.

The type of hero dear to crowds will always have the semblance of a Caesar. His insignia attracts them, his authority overawes them, and his sword instils them with fear.

The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

that a thirst for absolute power is the natural disease of monarchy.      

Whoever has the sword will have the earth.

Tahta oturaca?? bir ÅŸehzadeye yirmi dokuz ya??na kadar budala ve mutlu bir çocuk hayat? sürdürtebilen bir imparatorluk, tabii ki y?k?lmaya da??lmaya, yok olmaya mahkumdur.

We need a Napoleon. An Alexander. Except that Napoleon lost in the end, and Alexander flamed out and died young. We need a Julius Caesar, except that he made himself a dictator, and died for it.

no "natural or religious reason [for] the distinction of men into kings and subjects.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

The more unpopular politicians are, the better people think it is to have a monarchy.

In precisely the same way the specialty of government is not to obey, but to enforce obedience. And a government is only a government so long as it can make itself obeyed, and therefore it always strives for that and will never willingly abandon its power.

Bingle shot Quentin a glance to the effect of, you have no idea how to be a king, literally none. The

But a parcel of walled soil does not make the heart of a ruler or define the nobility of a people!

If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.

Si hubiera un pueblo de dioses, se gobernaría democráticamente. Un gobierno tan perfecto no conviene a los hombres.

and hand back my throne.

The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false face to rule it. —H. L. Mencken