A Quote by Thomas Hobbes
For there are very few so foolish who would not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.
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Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others.
Schools should be democratic public spheres. They should be places that educate people to be informed, to learn how to govern rather than be governed, to take justice seriously, to spur the radical imagination, to give them the tools that they need to be able to both relate to themselves and others in the wider world. I mean, at the heart of any education that matters, is a central question: How can you imagine a future much different than the present, and a future that basically grounds itself in questions of economic, political and social justice?
There is the work of great men and there is the work of little men. Therefore it is said, 'Some labor with their minds and some labor with their strength. Those who labor with their minds govern others; those who labor with their strength are governed by others.'1 Those who are governed by others support them; those who govern them are supported by them. This is a universal principle.
It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
Do you know what happens with people who cannot govern themselves? That's right. Others come in to govern for them.
How can a thing possibly govern others when it cannot be governed itself?
Unlimited power is worse for the average person than unlimited alcohol; and the resulting intoxication is more damaging for others. Very few have not deteriorated when given absolute dominion. It is worse for the governor than for the governed.
It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed,
nor attempts to govern others.
A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.
It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
A general presumption that Icings will govern well, is not a sufficient security to the People... those who subjected themselves to the will of a man were governed by a beast.
It costs ten times more to govern us than it used to, and we are not governed one-tenth as good.
Given a fair chance, human beings can govern themselves, and govern themselves better
But I'd rather help than watch. I'd rather have a heart than a mind. I'd rather expose too much than too little. I'd rather say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. I would rather know all this about myself than have more money than I need. I'd rather have something to love than a way to impress you.
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