There's 2 million Palestinians that govern themselves. They have their own parliament, their own government, their own elections, their own tax system. I don't want to govern the Palestinians; no one does. They already govern themselves.
We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments.
A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a family; he cannot govern a family unless he can govern himself; and he cannot govern himself unless his passions are subject to reason
I have a responsibility as an elected governor to govern and when I say govern, that means to make sure that our citizens are safe and we need the federal government to step up and do their job. They need to secure our borders.
The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.
Since I cannot govern my own tongue, though within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongue of others?
A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we can offer to those who govern? Prayer!
Not by the forces of civil war can you govern the very weakest woman. You can kill that woman, but she escapes you then; you cannot govern her. No power on earth can govern a human being, however feeble, who withholds his or her consent.
It is in Israel's interest not to govern the Palestinians but for the Palestinians to govern themselves in their own state.
Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose.
What discord should we bring into the universe if our prayers were all answered! Then we should govern the world, and not God. And do you think we should govern it better?
No people are so easy to govern as the intelligent, and none are so hard to govern as the ignorant.
Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
Do you know what happens with people who cannot govern themselves? That's right. Others come in to govern for them.
The problem with Mexico isn't so much the men who govern but the lack of rules to govern by and the absence of institutions to rule with.
Some women govern their husbands without degrading themselves, because intellect will always govern.