Rulers Quotes

There are, however, some potentates I would kill by any and all means at my disposal. They are Ignorance, Superstition, and Bigotry — the most sinister and tyrannical rulers on earth.

All the old history was written for the amusement of the ruling classes. The lower classes couldn't read, and their rulers didn't care about remembering what happened to them.

God is the one who chooses our rulers

China, slavishly dedicated to ancient scholars, incapable of generating within herself sufficient rulers to continue, without bloodshed, a nation.

Men had better be without education than be educated by their rulers.

The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature of human affairs can scarce admit a remedy.

[R]eligion cannot share the material strength of the rulers without being burdened with some of the animosity roused against them.

Atomism had no absolute 'above' and 'below' and no such rulers, so favoured the undersranding of justice as an agreement amongst equals.

Rulers come and go. It's the people who are the real rulers of the country.

It can be considered a rule that the probable duration of an Empire may be prognosticated by the degree to which its rulers believe in their own propaganda.

Women and negroes, being seven-twelfths of the people, are a majority; and according to our republican theory, are the rightful rulers of the nation.

Some, it seems to me, elect their rulers for their crookedness. But I think that a straight stick makes the best cane, and an upright man the best ruler.

Evil Rulers Are Never Beyond The Bounds of God's Sovereign Will

The kingdoms' people were at the mercy of the natures of those who rose to be their rulers. It was a gamble, and the current generation did not make for a winning hand.

In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers. In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.

People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern.

People starve. The rulers consume too much with their taxes. That is why people starve.

The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects. The lesser are loved and praised. The even lesser are feared. The least are despised.

The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.

In the Golden Age, Rulers were unknown. In the following age Rulers were loved and praised. Next came the age When rulers were feared. Finally the age When rulers are hated.

We have reached the point where ignorance and neglect are the best we can hope for in a ruler.

I believe in the capacity of India to offer nonviolent battle to the English rulers.

If we were strong, self-respecting and not susceptible to frightfulness, the foreign rulers would have been powerless for mischief.

I have to be real cool and not savage and radical, because it makes me angry when I think about it when I see the white boys, who are really the number one citizens, the future rulers.

We're not trying to take power away or rule anybody - we're just trying to get up from under the rulers.

Justice is in subjects as well as in rulers.

...is the spirit of the people an infallible, a permanent reliance? ...the spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless.

We must submit to God's righteous rule.

Whenever someone starts talking about 'fair competition' or indeed, about 'fairness' in general, it is time to keep a sharp eye on your wallet, for it is about to be picked.

A true ruler does not rule others, he rules himself.

In the privacy of my dreams, I'm a warrior.

Because a man plays a king superbly well does not mean that he would make a good king.

Enzo inherited a throne. Giulietta relied on her royal blood. Queen Maeve rules Beldain because she was born to it. But true rulers are not born. We are made.

Where everyone wants to be a leader, it makes one a follower to want to be a leader, and a leader to know what to follow.

The ones who are insane enough to think that they can rule the world are always the ones who do.

No man is a complete ruler or dictator. He is only the mouthpiece for the wishes of his followers. As long as he expresses those wishes, he leads them.

Terrible times breed terrible things, my lord.

A prudent ruler is distinguished by his ability to manage.

You sanctimonious philistines, who scoff at me!What has your politics fed onsince you've been ruling the world?On butchery and murder!

God is all powerful.God is mighty.God is has power over all rulers and authorities.

A country is judged by the actions at the top. Such is the way across the world. Nations are judged by their rulers, and not by those that live within the borders.