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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. – Plato
When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature. – Sigmund Freud
Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges – Kahlil Gibran
You despise books you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books. – Voltaire
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. – Plato
I must govern the clock, not be governed by it. – Golda Meir
'Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. – Bertrand Russell
...the basic delusion that men may be governed and yet be free. – Henry Louis Mencken
An nescis mi fili, quantilla prudentia regitur orbis? Dost thou not know, my son, with what little wisdom the world is governed? – Count Oxenstierna, letter to his son, 1648
Countries are rarely governed by the ethical and good people. – Mehmet Murat ildan
Dedication and responsibility, Far beyond the laws governed by man, Releases the power within you, To attain all the wisdom of the universe. – Christine Lane
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. – George Bernard Shaw
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. – George Bernard Shaw
Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed? – Count Oxenstierna
Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man. – Richard Whately, Archbishop of Dublin
I honestly believe that in my lifetime we will see a country once again governed by Christians...and Christian values. What Christians have got to do is take back this country, one precinct at a time, one neighborhood at a time, and one state at a time. – Ralph Reed, Executive Director, the Christian Coalition
If men will not be governed by God, they will be ruled by tyrants. – William Penn
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself. – Alexander Hamilton
It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. – W. R. Inge
Reason means truth and those who are not governed by it take the chance that someday the sunken fact will rip the bottom out of their boat. – Sri da Avabhas
Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want. – Clive Barnes
Television is the first truly democratic culture -- the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want. – Clive Barnes
The poor complain that they are governed badly. The rich complain that they are governed at all. – G. K. Chesterton
The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered. – Gelett Burgess
The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again: and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered. – Gelett Burgess

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