41 Rulers Quotes for You to Enjoy

All civil rulers, as such, are the ordinance and ministers of God; and they are all, by the nature of their office, and in their respective spheres and stations, bound to consult the public welfare. Jonathan Mayhew

God Nature Welfare Respective Rulers Spheres Stations Ministers Civil Consult Bound Office Ordinance Public Public Welfare

We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust, and we can screw it up or make it work well and sustainably. Kim Stanley Robinson

Work Trust Earth Rulers Ourselves Given Highly Powerful Conceive Well Make Stewards Up Screw Us Should Conscious

Trump's hate-filled rhetoric, blatant chauvinism, mean bullying, and open admiration of authoritarian rulers are more than just hints of what's to come if he is elected. Max Joseph

Bullying Rulers Admiration More Open He Blatant Come Hints Trump Than Authoritarian Just Rhetoric Mean Elected

In truth, every American administration since that of Franklin D. Roosevelt has maintained close ties with the Saudi rulers, and for a single, simple reason: oil. Michael Mandelbaum

Truth Simple Single Every Rulers Franklin Administration Simple Reason Maintained Since Ties Close American Oil Roosevelt Reason Every American Saudi

The Turkish, Arab and Chinese nationalists who built new nation-states out of the ruins of old empires scorned their old, decrepit rulers as much as they did the foreign imperialists who imposed free trade through gunboats. Pankaj Mishra

The Indonesian nationalists, mainly Javanese, who threw the Dutch out - in 1949, after a four-year struggle - were keen to preserve their inheritance and emulated the coercion, deceit, and bribery of the colonial rulers. Pankaj Mishra

Struggle Rulers Out Threw Colonial Mainly Were Deceit Dutch After Inheritance Bribery Who Keen Coercion Four-Year Preserve

Some people are trying to create hatred among Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and Parsis by following the divide and rule trick adopted by British rulers, but they have been failed miserably. Rajnath Singh

People Hatred Some People Rule Rulers Trick Muslims Some Following Adopted Divide Failed Hindus Been Trying Create Among Christians British

Unfortunately, the former rulers during the era of dictatorship indulged in massive corruption in Punjab, and the hard-earned money of the poor nation was mercilessly looted. Shehbaz Sharif

Corruption Money Dictatorship Nation Rulers Massive Era Unfortunately Former Poor

Of course, women have long exercised influence behind the scenes. A few thousand years ago this drove Aristotle to distraction: 'What difference does it make whether women rule or the rulers are ruled by women? The result is the same.' Stacy Schiff

Women Result Long Few Rule Ruled Rulers Distraction Thousand Thousand Years Scenes Aristotle Drove Make Course Does Years Years Ago Same Behind Difference Influence Whether

People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice but to contemplate the use of force to bring about a better world, mindful of the trade-off between a small amount of violence now and acceptance of an unjust status quo indefinitely. Steven Pinker

Change Acceptance People World Better Political Long Argument Power Better World Unjust Assumed Progressives Mindful Rulers Indefinitely No Choice Status Status Quo About Small Never Voluntarily Between Contemplate Force Trade-Off Goes Quo Choice Use Now Amount Necessary Bring Violence

Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose rulers are perhaps more terrified of women than rulers anywhere else in the world, allowed limited municipal elections. Suzanne Fields

Women World Else Rulers Papers Syria Arabia Restless More Scheduling Allowed Perhaps Terrified Limited Got Lebanon Walking Than Candidate Egypt Anywhere Anywhere Else Elections Even Whose Municipal Saudi Saudi Arabia

In high school, we would give away rulers to our friends that said, 'Jesus loves you.' I couldn't put together the concept that Jesus loves you, but if you don't love him back, you'll burn in hell forever. I worried, 'I'm rejecting the Holy Spirit, so I'm definitely going to burn in hell.' Wes Craven

Love You Together School Hell Back Our Worried Rulers Definitely High Would Spirit High School Give Put Concept Him Said Friends Forever Going Burn Loves Holy Holy Spirit Away Jesus Rejecting

My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws, hammers, chisels, files and rulers. It all dealt with conciseness and precision. It eliminated guesswork. One has to know his tools, so he doesn't work against himself. Yusef Komunyakaa

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