A Quote by Seneca the Younger

To govern was to serve, not to rule.

Seneca the Younger

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Seneca the Younger
Roman - Philosopher
4 BC - 65

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.

Denise Dresser

To serve Mary and to be her courtier is the greatest honor we can possibly possess; for to serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there; and to live under her command is more than to govern.

John of Damascus

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Riches either serve or govern the possessor.

Horace

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

Hugo Grotius

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

John Mason Brown

Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.

Thomas a Kempis

Obama is a statist. He's an authoritarian. He doesn't want to govern; he wants to rule.

Rush Limbaugh

The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule.

John Brown

You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.

Victor Kiam

God expects the ANC to rule this country because we are the only organisation which was blessed by pastors when it was formed. It is even blessed in Heaven. That is why we will rule until Jesus comes back. We should not allow anyone to govern our city [Cape Town] when we are ruling the country.