46 Ruler Quotes for You to Enjoy

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. Niccolo Machiavelli

Intelligence Men First Ruler He Look Him Around Method

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. Aristotle

Religion Other Apprehensive Side Consider Tyrant Ruler Easily Must Uncommon He Put Devotion Him His Hand Subjects Pious Gods Move Against Less Illegal Appearance Whom Believing Treatment

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him? Blaise Pascal

War Me Man Other Side Mine Ruler Though River He Him Stupider Because Quarrel His Than Anything Lives Right

I have no religion, and at times I wish all religions at the bottom of the sea. He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Government Needs Religion People Wish Ruler Weak All Religions Would Religions Bottom He Catch His Times Uphold Sea Trap Who

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. Aristotle

Good First Ruled Ruler Must He Been Who

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution. Sun Tzu

Good Ruler General Caution Full Enlightened

The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly. Thomas a Kempis

Obey Ruler Willingly Only He Safe Learned Who

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions. Catherine the Great

Politics Guided Ruler Circumstances Must Capable Conjecture

I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe. Benjamin Banneker

Gratitude Natural Sense Universe Ruler Colour Most Supreme Am African Dye Which Race Them Deepest Profound

If you rely on political factions to promote men to office, the people will work to develop instrumental relationships and will not seek to be useful with regard to the law. Thus, a ruler who mistakes reputation for ability when assigning offices will see his state fall into disorder. Han Fei

Work You People Law Political Will Men Mistakes Fall Reputation State Relationships Ruler Promote Ability See Seek Rely Factions Develop Thus Instrumental His Office Offices Regard Disorder Useful Who

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results. Sun Tzu

Great Wise Army Intelligence Achieve Will Ruler General Only Purposes Results Great Results Highest Spying Use Who Thereby Enlightened

A wise man, when he writes a book, sets forth his arguments fully and clearly; an enlightened ruler, when he makes his laws, sees to it that every contingency is provided for in detail. Han Fei

A ruler of men faces two possible misfortunes: if he employs the worthy, the ministers will use worthiness as a pretext to rob their ruler of his power, but if he promotes men recklessly, his affairs will be neglected, and he will not prevail. Han Fei

For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion. Mahatma Gandhi

Me Alien Every Ruler Opinion Public Public Opinion

Lacking the direct test of success or failure, the voter tends to turn, not to those politicians whose measures have the best chance of success, but to those with the ability to 'sell' their propaganda. Without grasping logical chains of deduction, the average voter will never be able to discover the error that the ruler makes. Murray Rothbard

Success Best Failure Logical Will Politicians Ruler Those Ability Able Propaganda Direct Tends Never Voter Without Makes Test Discover Error Sell Lacking Turn Average Deduction Measures Grasping Chains Whose Chance

Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the ruler. Pope Shenouda III

Religion Book State Ruler Civil Civil Disobedience Following Talk Accept Accepted Does Verses Holy Holy Book Disobedience Many

Around my house, I won't even speak to my family unless they first address me by my official Berzerker name, Godred Crovan, Victor of Sky-Hill and Ruler of Man and the Isles. And now that I think of it, that's probably why nobody speaks to me unless it's time to feed the dogs or take out the garbage. Zakk Wylde

Time Family Me Man Speak First Garbage Think Unless Address Ruler Out Take Feed Nobody Name House Around Dogs Official Victor Speaks Even Now Why

I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad. Andrew Greeley

I was in seventh grade at St. Matthew's. The teachers would tell me, 'God loves you,' and then whack a ruler across my hand. 'Well,' I'd say, 'if God loves me, can you call God? Can you ask Him if it's all right that I didn't do my homework? If it's not, then let Him hit me.' Freddie Prinze

Just carrying a ruler with you in your pocket should be forbidden, at least on a moral basis. The ruler is the symbol of the new illiteracy. The ruler is the symptom of the new disease, disintegration of our civilisation. Friedensreich Hundertwasser

You Symptom Our Ruler Moral Carrying Pocket Civilisation New Forbidden Least Disease Just Disintegration Should Your Illiteracy Symbol Basis

The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell. George W. Bush

Prison Once Ruler All-Powerful Iraq Cell Hole Found Now

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