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Last updated on November 24, 2024.
In a nation based on the 'consent of the governed,' judges are supposed to apply the laws the people have assented to.
Democracy is a device that ensures the people shall be governed no better than they deserve.
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
Governments can be useful to the governed only so long as inherent tendencies toward tyranny are restrained.
I think everything should be governed by law. We don't want to keep secrets anymore.
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
Our soul is governed by four invisible forces: love, death, power and time.
The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires.
Of all Discourse , governed by desire of Knowledge, there is at last an End , either by attaining, or by giving over.
The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation.
My Catholic faith is the foundation of my worldview, and my judicial duty is governed, from beginning to end, by the law.
How can a thing possibly govern others when it cannot be governed itself?
It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
As you will come to see, much is governed by the Golden Rule: he who has the gold makes the rules.
I think of music as fuel, its spectrum of energy governed by tempi, volume, and heart.
... my whole existence is governed by abstract ideas.... the ideal must be preserved regardless of fact.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Men and women may form associations for and among themselves and be governed by stipulations that are mutually acceptable.
The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labor.
Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions.
If there were a people consisting of gods, they would be governed democratically. So perfect a government is not suitable to men.
The leaders should all relate to this principle: the governed must be as happy as possible.
All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.
I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.
Excusations, cessions, modesty itself well governed, are but arts of ostentation.
MIT is governed by a second, even higher rule: the inalienable right of academic freedom.
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
I hope that we have not labored in vain, and that our experiment will still prove that men can be governed by reason.
Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.
A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.
The effects of outcome expectancies on performance motivation are partly governed by self-beliefs of efficacy
Our partying was governed by licensing hours. When the pub or club shut, that would be it.
I think parenting is very different now. We're totally governed by our children!
In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed by the deep inner needs of our nature.
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed,
nor attempts to govern others.
Creatures are so governed by the secret counsel of God, that nothing happens but what he has knowingly and willingly decreed.
I have very little experience of self-government. In fact, I am one of the most governed people in the world.
In order that a people may be free, it is necessary that the governed be sages, and those who govern, gods.
In any society that is governed by the rule of law, some form of morality is always imposed. It's inescapable.
All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed. That is a milestone we left a long time ago.
When self-important people and powerful institutions are governed by illusion, history has a way of biting back.
Your longevity in the sport is governed by how you live in between the fights.
Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth
Order is manifestly maintained in the universe... governed by the sovereign will of God.
So many characters are governed by the consequences of their actions, and I wanted to have a character who is the exact opposite.
Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.
The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.
Systems governed by only one set of rules are more vulnerable than those with variety.
We have a political culture of intimidation, of favoring, of patronage, and of fear, and that is no way for a community to be governed.
The Ibrahim Index is a tool to hold governments to account and frame the debate about how we are governed.
Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
I would love to have a career that's governed by the material; I always want to be part of stories that I feel are worthwhile.
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
For there are very few so foolish who would not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.