Rule Quotes

An effective leader allows exceptions to the rule for exceptional results or when circumstance demands.

The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it.

Put yourself in your customer's place.

The exception tests the rule.

The era of Christianity peace, brotherhood, the Golden Rule as applied to governmental matters is. yet to come, and when it comes, then, and then only, will the future of nations be sure.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

The king reigns but does not govern.

The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I think it's a good rule for politics, too.

It's a strange thing, we think that law brings order. Law doesn't. How do we know that law does not bring order? Look around us. We live under the rule of law. Notice how much order we have?

I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps.

The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business.

Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon's numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held for the rule of law.

Democracy is no solution - it's just 51% bossing the other 49% around. For God's sake, Hitler was democratically elected! Democracy is just mob rule dressed up in a coat and tie.

Rules should always be bent, if not broken. It's the only way to have any fun.

It is the duty of Her Majesty's Government neither to flap nor to falter.

The government is becoming the family of last resort.

Follow the Golden Rule. Be kind to your neighbors, love them as much as you would love yourself, do unto others.

Pacifists should stress more and more that it is the rule of law for which they are fighting.

If we care about universal principles such as freedom, democracy and the rule of law, we cannot leave them to the care of market forces; we must establish some other institutions to safeguard them.

A country's adhering to the rule of law does not mean that its citizens will not do bad things.

With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.

What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic.

It is the rule of law alone which hinders the rulers from turning themselves into the worst gangsters.

Mob rule and emasculation of the wise' and 'who will watch the guardians'?

Ulster will fight, and Ulster will be right

No matter who you are or what you intend to do, you should not exceed the boundaries of the rule of law.

Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.

A difficulty for every solution.

Bureaucrats are the only people in the world who can say absolutely nothing and mean it.

The first rule of discovery is to have brains and good luck. The second rule of discovery is to sit tight and wait till you get a bright idea.

The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.

One can present people with opportunities. One cannot make them equal to them.

The lessons this life has planted in my heart pertain more to caring than crops, more to Golden Rule than gold, more to the proper choice than to the popular choice.

Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.

The factor that makes people extremely vulnerable to enslavement is the lack of the rule of law.

You heard Eric 'Kiddie' Cantor say that he was afraid of mob rule down on Wall Street. Oh, you're afraid, little cutie baby? How about going down there yourself and walking through the crowds?

I am a socialist, a believer in rational thought and the rule of law.

It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim "never say never" is one of the most important in ethics.

There is no golden rule of dating, except to make sure that it engages both of you; too many people go to a cinema for a first date and of course don't say a word, that's a bad thing!

Well, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of law. Another thing is to stop falling for the myth of democracy.

I am the exception to the rule that all senators see themselves in the Oval Office.

The neurotic usually obeys his own Golden Rule: Hate thy neighbor as thyself.

When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies, and the American people.

I just live and let live and live my life pretty much according to the Golden Rule. And it turns out well for me.

If you contemplate the Golden Rule, it turns out to be an injunction to live by grace rather than by what you think other people deserve.

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.

If our language and culture are not passed on to immigrants, where will they learn to value integrity in government and the rule of law?

Treat other people's home as you want them to respect yours because what goes around comes around.

Parliament is the longest running farce in the West End.

Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, our devotion to the rule of law.