Governed Quotes

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation. Roberto Assagioli
Life Forgiveness Retaliation Without Governed Endless Cycle Resentment
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws. Vladimir Lenin
Time History Progress Impossible Revolution Own Predict Laws More More Or Less Mysterious Governed Less
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed. William Penn
Government People Will Think Govern Governed
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. Alexander Hamilton
Passion Men Animals Rather Part Most Governed Than Impulse Reasonable Reasoning
While I value the good opinion of my fellow citizens as highly as anyone, I may be permitted to say that I am governed by higher considerations than either the favor or the fear of man. I am impelled to the course I have taken because I fear God. Elijah Parish Lovejoy
God Good Man Fear Value Considerations Say Favor Citizens Good Opinion Fear God Impelled Higher Taken Highly Fellow Fellow Citizens Course Because Opinion Am Permitted Governed Than May Anyone Either While
An educated people can be easily governed. Frederick the Great
Education People Easily Educated Educated People Governed
Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct. Muhammad Iqbal
Man Passion Primarily Instinct Governed
It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations. Walter Bagehot
Men Ruled Say Weakness Would Would-Be Said Governed Truer Often Imaginations
Originalism is sort of subspecies of textualism. Textualism means you are governed by the text. That's the only thing that is relevant to your decision, not whether the outcome is desirable, not whether legislative history says this or that. But the text of the statute. Antonin Scalia
History You Decision Says Relevant Outcome Only Sort Governed Text Legislative The Only Thing Whether Means Your Thing Desirable
All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed. That is a milestone we left a long time ago. Edward Snowden
Time Long Long Time Say Able Long Time Ago How Governed Left Wanted Public Milestone
A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice. Ferdinand Buisson
Justice Respect Society Guided Governed Dictates Human Reason Human Society
Whatever your religious persuasion, if you believe that that the universe is governed by benign forces, at some point you have to explain why there is so much suffering, misfortune and misery in the world. Julian Baggini
You Suffering World Whatever Believe Universe Benign Religious Some Point Misery Misfortune Forces Governed Explain Much Persuasion Your Why
While Napoleon believed his fortunes to be governed by destiny, his real genius lay in self-control and martial daring coupled with an indomitable will to power. Michael Dirda
Genius Will Power Destiny Daring Martial Lay Self-Control Indomitable Coupled Napoleon Real Governed His While Fortunes Believed
People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. Nicolas Chamfort
Kindness Heart People Head Governed Chess Little Use
Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women. Roger Ebert
Peace Women Easily East Would About More Come Governed Were Middle Middle East Region Notion Here
From the day of its birth, the anomaly of slavery plagued a nation which asserted the equality of all men, and sought to derive powers of government from the consent of the governed. Within sound of the voices of those who said this lived more than half a million black slaves, forming nearly one-fifth of the population of a new nation. W. E. B. Du Bois
Government Day Equality Black Men Half Nation Birth Those More Voices New Powers Anomaly Sought Within Said Sound Governed Than Which Forming Derive Who Asserted Population Lived Nearly Million Consent Slavery Slaves
In the seventeenth century, the science of medicine had not wholly cut asunder from astrology and necromancy; and the trusting Christian still believed in some occult influences, chiefly planetary, which governed not only his crops but his health and life. Alice Morse Earle
Life Health Science Christian Medicine Astrology Asunder Some Crops Only Had Occult Still Governed His Trusting Chiefly Influences Which Century Cut Planetary Wholly Believed
Democracy is a device that ensures the people shall be governed no better than they deserve. Anthony Scaramucci
Democracy People Better Shall Device Governed Than Deserve
The prime communities of the Southwest are survival communities. Their sustenance is governed by rainfall and wind direction. You can study little enclaves of plant materials, how they huddle together for protection. Some are nurse crops. Antoine Predock
You Survival Together Protection Plant Wind Nurse Some Crops Direction Study Prime How Governed Materials Southwest Sustenance Little Communities
The economy is governed through cartel agreements and monopoly. The attorney general is the one who's controlling funds. There is no free business in Georgia. Bidzina Ivanishvili
Business Free Controlling Monopoly General Through Attorney Economy Attorney General Governed Georgia Agreements Funds
The safety of the flying public should not be for sale. Handing air traffic control over to a private entity partly governed by the airlines is both a risk and liability we can't afford to take. Bill Nelson
Safety Control Air Flying Airlines Risk Entity Both Take Over Partly Governed Private Sale Traffic Handing Afford Public Should Liability
If the Church is a living body united to the same head, governed by the same laws, and pervaded by the same Spirit, it is impossible that one part should be independent of all the rest. Charles Hodge
Impossible Church Rest Living Independent Spirit Laws Part Head Governed Same Should Body United
No one could seriously dispute that almost all of sub-Saharan Africa, all of North Africa except Morocco, all of the Middle East except Israel and Jordan and most of the oil-rich states, and the entire former British Indian Empire were better governed by Europeans. Conrad Black
Better Seriously States East Indian Entire Except Could Morocco No-One Jordan Almost Almost All Empire Most Israel Sub-Saharan Sub-Saharan Africa Governed Were North North Africa Africa Middle Middle East Former Europeans Dispute British
I think your life is governed not by the bricks or mortar around you, it's governed by who holds your hand and who spits in your eye. David McCallum
Life You Think Eye Mortar Around Governed Hand Holds Your Who Bricks
The powers of government exercised locally derive from a federal law authorizing government by consent in local affairs only, unless those affairs are otherwise governed by federal law. Dick Thornburgh
Government Law Otherwise Local Unless Locally Those Only Federal Powers Governed Affairs Derive Consent
Specifically, the reservation of sovereignty to the people of the states in matters not governed by federal law is constitutionally defined and permanently enshrined in the 10th Amendment. Dick Thornburgh
People Law Matters Reservation Defined Enshrined States Federal Permanently Governed Amendment Sovereignty Specifically
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