Quotes About Rulership

Für die Politik ist das entscheidende Mittel: die Gewaltsamkeit.

His seed will issue kings, but he will never reign For she would be Queen of Lumatere. But he would be king to her.

They can stop their government any time they wish, simply through brute force or civil disobedience. No tyrant ever rules without the consent of the ruled. They are guilty by their inaction. "And

You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.

Headship is not rulership; it is leadership. As head, the man is to provide spiritual leadership and direction to the family. He is supposed to chart the course. His spiritual temperature should set the climate for his entire house.

This is typical of what the New Testament declares: God is king, and the kingdoms of the world are thereby demoted.

My enemies are many, my equals are none. In the shade of olive trees, they said Italy could never be conquered. In the land of Pharaohs and Kings, they said Egypt could never be humbled. In the realm of forest and snow, they said Russia could never be tamed. Now they say nothing. They fear me, like a force of nature, a dealer in thunder and death! I say: I am Napoleon, I am Emperor. (Napoleon: Total War)

How swiftly fate can make or unmake kings.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. Hence a prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how not to be good, and use that knowledge, or refrain from using it, as necessity requires.

She raised her cup to Edwin and wondered how much longer she could help him stay king.

She understood why a king often threatened violence. It felt good, and it worked.

La condición suficiente y necesaria del despotismo es la desaparición de toda especie de autoridad social no conferida por el Estado.

has all the benefits of being a king with none of the burdens. He does not have to feed his kingdom or keep his citizens safe. He does not have to worry about the disfavor of the church or infighting in his court. He has no court, no successors. He

Kings are like stars—they rise and set, they haveThe worship of the world, but no repose.

Having sliced Odovacar in half in early spring 493, Theoderic ruled his Italian kingdom for the next thirty-three years, until his own death on 30 August 526.

Akhenaten's kingship provides an unintended caricature of all modern leaders who indulge in the trappings of charismatic display.

In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.

Also to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their families because they were strong, capable men.

A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.

This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.í

You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.

They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.