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
Some women govern their husbands without degrading themselves, because intellect will always govern.
The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.
Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.
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!
The form of government is a democracy when the free, who are also poor and the majority, govern, and an oligarchy when the rich and the noble govern, they being at the same time few in number.
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.
No people are so easy to govern as the intelligent, and none are so hard to govern as the ignorant.
We make our own future; we govern ourselves, and to govern is to choose.
Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule.
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.
In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that one can govern a horse.
How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?